Adequate catheter-tissue contact facilitates efficient heat energy transfer to target tissue.
Tissue contact is thus critical to achieving lesion transmurality and success of …

Robots are defined as programmable machines that can perform specified tasks. Medical
robots are emerging solutions in the field of cardiology leveraging recent technological …

Minimally invasive robotic surgery often requires functional tools that can change their
compliance to adapt to the environment and surgical needs. This paper proposes a …

Background Robotic magnetic navigation (RMN) has emerged as a potential solution to
overcome challenges associated with catheter ablation of arrhythmias in patients with …

The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) has surged in recent decades, owing to a
substantial reduction in mortality. As individuals with CHD age, they become increasingly …

Background: The incidence of silent cerebral embolisms (SCEs) has been documented after
pulmonary vein isolation using different ablation technologies; however, it is unreported in …

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) …

Aims Remote magnetic navigation (RMN) is a safe and effective means of performing
ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. It may have advantages over manual catheter ablation …

Introduction: Currently, numerous ablation techniques are available for atrial fibrillation (AF),
in addition to manual radio frequency ablation. The aim of this prospective, non-randomized …

Aims Achieving adequate catheter tip-tissue contact is essential for delivering robust
radiofrequency (RF) ablation lesions. We measured the contact force generated by a remote …