Title Identification of deliberate catheter motion at the left atrial posterior wall during pulmonary vein isolation: Validity of respiratory motion adjustment
Authors: David R. Tomlinson BM BSc MD1, Katie Biscombe2, John True BSc MSc2, Joanne Hosking BSc PhD2 and Adam J. Streeter MSc PhD2
Corresponding address: 1University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, South West Cardiothoracic Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK, PL6 8DH
2Department of Medical Statistics, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, ITTC Building 1, Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth, Devon PL6 8BX, UK.
All authors take responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation.
Email: david.tomlinson1@nhs.net
Sources of Funding: I am grateful to the “Sarkar Research and Training” charitable fund, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for a donation of £1000, funding the R software code development and extended data analyses by teams at the Department of Medical Statistics, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
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Conflict of interest: None declared
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; contact force catheter ablation; pulmonary vein isolation; respiratory motion adjustment; automated radiofrequency annotation