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.
Word count: Abstract 250, body text 3563
Conflict of interest: None declared
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; contact force catheter ablation;
pulmonary vein isolation; respiratory motion adjustment; automated
radiofrequency annotation