2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement …

S Tzeis, EP Gerstenfeld, J Kalman, EB Saad… - Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007 …

Steerable versus nonsteerable sheath technology in atrial fibrillation ablation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Mhanna, A Beran, A Al‐Abdouh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Catheter placement and stability are well‐known challenges in atrial fibrillation
(AF) ablation. As a result, steerable sheaths (SS) were developed to improve catheter …

Visualizable vs. standard, non-visualizable steerable sheath for pulmonary vein isolation procedures: Randomized, single-centre trial

K Janosi, D Debreceni, B Janosa, B Bocz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Steerable sheaths (SSs) are frequently used to improve catheter contact during
pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) procedures. A new type of visualizable (by electroanatomical …

Use of a steerable sheath for completely femoral access in branched endovascular aortic repair compared to upper extremity access

SR Hauck, W Eilenberg, A Kupferthaler, M Kern… - Cardiovascular and …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To compare bridging stent graft (BSG) implantation in downward oriented branches
in branched endovascular aortic repair (bEVAR), using a commercially available steerable …

Safety and efficacy of steerable versus non-steerable sheaths for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation systematic review and meta-analysis

X Jin, Y Zhou, Y Wu, M Xie - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives With the development of radiofrequency (RF) ablation technology. In recent
years, more and more patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have been treated with RF ablation …

High efficiency single-catheter workflow for radiofrequency atrial fibrillation ablation in the QDOT catheter era

C Valeriano, D Buytaert, D Fabbricatore… - Journal of Interventional …, 2024 - Springer
Background High-power short-duration (HPSD) ablation may improve the consistency and
efficiency of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). The novel QDOT Micro™ catheter (Biosense …

Utilization of steerable sheath improves the efficiency of atrial fibrillation ablation guided by robotic magnetic navigation compared with fixed‐curve sheath

Q Luo, Y Xie, Y Bao, Y Wei, C Lin, N Zhang… - Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The objective of this study was to assess the impact of steerable sheaths
compared with fixed‐curve sheaths on the procedural outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) …

[HTML][HTML] Endovascular steerable and endobronchial precurved guiding sheaths for transbronchial needle delivery under augmented fluoroscopy and cone beam CT …

QMB de Ruiter, JR Fontana, WF Pritchard… - Translational Lung …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Endobronchial navigation is performed in a variety of ways, none of which are
meeting all the clinicians' needs required to reach diagnostic success in every patient. We …

Endobronchial navigation guided by cone-beam CT–based augmented fluoroscopy without a bronchoscope: feasibility study in phantom and swine

QMB de Ruiter, JW Karanian, I Bakhutashvili… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (CT)-based
augmented fluoroscopy (AF) image guidance for endobronchial navigation to peripheral …

Consistency of ablations with trainee and increasing independence during fellowship training—Analysis of ablation data by CARTONET

J Whitaker, TD Hunter, J Carsey… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Training in clinical cardiac electrophysiology (CCEP) involves the development
of catheter handling skills to safely deliver effective treatment. Objective data from analysis of …