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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Contact Force-Sensing versus Standard Catheters in Non-Fluoroscopic Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias.

Grzegorz Karkowski, Marcin Kuniewicz, Andrzej Ząbek, Edward Koźluk, Maciej Dębski, Paweł T Matusik, Jacek Lelakowski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. 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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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Grzegorz KarkowskiDepartment of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Kraków, Poland.
Marcin KuniewiczDepartment of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Kraków, Poland.
Andrzej ZąbekDepartment of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8331-3210
Edward KoźlukDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Maciej DębskiDepartment of Cardiology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3669-3916
Paweł T MatusikDepartment of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Kraków, Poland.
Jacek LelakowskiDepartment of Electrocardiology, The John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Kraków, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PLJohn Paul II Hospital · PLMedical University of Warsaw · PLUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

The science fund of the John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland No. FN/25/2021.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdequate contact between the catheter tip and tissue is important for optimal lesion formation and, in some procedures, it has been associated with improved effectiveness and safety. We evaluated the potential benefits of contact force-sensing (CFS) catheters during non-fluoroscopic radiofrequency catheter ablation (NF-RFCA) of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from outflow tracts (OTs).

methodsA group of 102 patients who underwent NF-RFCA (CARTO, Biosense Webster Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) of VAs from OTs between 2014 to 2018 was retrospectively analyzed.

resultsWe included 52 (50.9%) patients in whom NF-RFCA was performed using CFS catheters and 50 (49.1%) who were ablated using standard catheters. Arrhythmias were localized in the right and left OT in 70 (68.6%) and 32 (31.4%) patients, respectively. The RFCA acute success rate was 96.1%

conclusionsThere is no additional advantage of CFS catheters use over standard catheters during NF-RFCA of OT-VAs in terms of procedural effectiveness and safety.

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contact forcenon-fluoroscopic ablationoutflow tractspremature ventricular contractionsventricular arrhythmias

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PMID35160043
PMCPMC8836481
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