title: Real-time contact force measurement: a key parameter for controlling lesion creation with radiofrequency energy.
authors.affiliation: From the Département des spécialités de médecine, Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland. dipen.shah@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Dipen C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: From the Département des spécialités de médecine, Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namdar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: arrhythmia; atrial tachyarrhythmia; catheter ablation