First in Human Validation of Impedance‐Based Catheter Tip‐to‐Tissue Contact Assessment in the Left Atrium

Background: In this study, a new method of contact assessment based on the measurement of the local electrical properties at the catheter tip‐to‐tissue interface was validated in a blinded fashion in vivo in the human left atrium.

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