Know Your Force: Study Shows Value Of Contact-Force-Sensing Ablation Catheter
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Results of the first major trial evaluating Biosense Webster’s contact-force-sensing ThermoCool SmartTouch catheter show that stability of contact between the ablation catheter and the ablated tissue substantially improves the effectiveness of cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation, but the average contact force applied during the procedure does not appear to make a difference.
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