Novel Wide-Band Dielectric Imaging System and Occlusion Tool to Guide Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Feasibility and First Insights

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec;13(12):e009219. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009219. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

Authors

Andreas Rillig¹, Laura Rottner¹, Milena Nodorp¹, Tina Lin², Jessica Weimann¹, Paula Münkler¹, Leon Dinshaw¹, Ruben Schleberger¹, Marc D Lemoine¹, Moritz Nies¹, Tim Risius¹, Stefan Blankenberg¹, Paulus Kirchhof^{1

3}, Christian Meyer¹, Bruno Reissmann¹, Andreas Metzner¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg/Germany (A.R., L.R., M. Nodorp, J.W., P.M., L.D., R.S., M.D.L., M. Nies, T.R., S.B., P.K., C.M., B.R., A.M.).
² Genesisare, Melbourne, Australia (T.L.).
³ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (P.K.).

PMID: 33320700
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009219

No abstract available

Keywords: angiography; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; machine learning.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cryosurgery / adverse effects
Cryosurgery / instrumentation*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / adverse effects
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / adverse effects
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Treatment Outcome