Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Osa) in Atrial Fibrillation (Af): What’s the Best Test?

Abstract

After the introduction of Smart-TouchÔ, 421 procedures were performed with 3 tamponade events (3/421, 0.7%, P¼0.148). Analysis of other potential predictors is shown in Table 1. The only factor that was statistically significant was use of bridging heparin (P¼0.021). On multivariate analysis this became non-significant (P¼0.078). CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference in frequency of tamponade before and after introduction of contact force sensing catheters (1.9% v.s 0.7%, P¼0.148).