Clinical effectiveness and efficiency of a new steerable sheath technology for radiofrequency ablation in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective comparative cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical effectiveness and efficiency of a steerable sheath for radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) needs to be compared with a fixed curve sheath to optimize RFCA procedure.

Methods

This retrospective study included adult AF patients with their first RFCA that was conducted by the same electrophysiologist using a steerable sheath (VIZIGO, Biosense Webster, Inc.) or a fixed curve sheath (NaviEase, Synaptic Medical) in a Chinese tertiary care hospital from January to November 2021. The medical records kept at the hospital were the source of study data that included patient baseline characteristics and outcome measures for the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of RFCA procedure. Multivariate generalized l

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature