title: The determinants of successful RF ablation - is measurement of tissue contact the next step?
abstract: The assessment of tissue contact is an area undergoing much research as a means of improving the outcomes of cardiac radiofrequency ablation. This review provides an overview of RF ablation with specific reference to the relevance of good tissue contact to adequate RF lesion formation. An up-to-date review of the clinical evidence is provided, and recent patents of novel contact-sensing technologies in the field of cardiac RF ablation are presented.
authors.affiliation: John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. michael.jones@orh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Kelvin C K
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Yaver
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Betts
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajappan
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome