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https://read.qxmd.com/read/31549456/economic-impact-of-contact-force-sensing-in-catheter-ablation-for-atrial-fibrillation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Moussa Mansour, Vivek Y Reddy, Edward Karst, Edwin Kevin Heist, Douglas L Packer, Nirav Dalal, Rahul Agarwal, Hugh Calkins, Jeremy N Ruskin, Srijoy Mahapatra
AIMS: The TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter Study for Atrial Fibrillation (TOCCASTAR) clinical trial compared clinical outcomes using a contact force (CF) sensing ablation catheter (TactiCath) with a catheter that lacked CF measurement. This analysis links recorded events in the TOCCASTAR study and a large claims database, IBM MarketScan®, to determine the economic impact of using CF sensing during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Clinical events including repeat ablation, use of antiarrhythmic drugs, hospitalization, perforation, pericarditis, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, pulmonary vein stenosis, tamponade, and vascular access complications were adjudicated in the year after ablation...
September 23, 2019: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26260733/randomized-controlled-trial-of-the-safety-and-effectiveness-of-a-contact-force-sensing-irrigated-catheter-for-ablation-of-paroxysmal-atrial-fibrillation-results-of-the-tacticath-contact-force-ablation-catheter-study-for-atrial-fibrillation-toccastar-study
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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Vivek Y Reddy, Srinivas R Dukkipati, Petr Neuzil, Andrea Natale, Jean-Paul Albenque, Josef Kautzner, Dipen Shah, Gregory Michaud, Marcus Wharton, David Harari, Srijoy Mahapatra, Hendrik Lambert, Moussa Mansour
BACKGROUND: Contact force (CF) is a major determinant of lesion size and transmurality and has the potential to improve efficacy of atrial fibrillation ablation. This study sought to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a novel irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter that measures real-time CF in the treatment of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 300 patients with symptomatic, drug-refractory, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial and randomized to radiofrequency ablation with either a novel CF-sensing catheter or a non-CF catheter (control)...
September 8, 2015: Circulation
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