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ReviewHerzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie2020

[Update on radiation exposure in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation].

Tobias Schreiber, Nora Kähler, Verena Tscholl, Patrick Nagel, Ulf Landmesser, Martin Huemer, Philipp Attanasio

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Review in Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tobias SchreiberMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland. tobias.schreiber@charite.de.
Nora KählerMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
Verena TschollMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
Patrick NagelMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
Ulf LandmesserMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
Martin HuemerMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
Philipp AttanasioMedizinische Klinik für Kardiologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rising number of catheter ablations of atrial fibrillation increases radiation exposure for both patients and surgeons. Fortunately, this trend is counteracted by the development of measures to reduce total fluoroscopy time using non-fluoroscopic catheter visualization. Since even low-dose radiation can cause serious injury, all options to reduce radiation burden must be utilized (ALARA, "as low as reasonably achievable"). Dose reduction protocols with low-dose settings, which include reduced framerates, pulse duration, detector entrance dose and increased beam hardening, play a decisive role in this regard. This review provides a state-of-the-art summary of non-fluoroscopic catheter visualization and dose reduction protocols for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationPulmonary VeinsRadiation ExposureFluoroscopyHumansRadiation DosageTreatment OutcomeCardiac arrhythmiaDose reductionFluoroscopyPulmonary vein isolationRadiation damages

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