Relationship between catheter contact force and radiofrequency lesion size and incidence of steam pop in the beating canine heart: Electrogram amplitude, impedance, and electrode temperature are poor predictors of electrode-tissue contact force and lesion size

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1174-1180

  Ikeda, Atsushi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Lambert, Hendrik ^c   Shah, Dipen C ^d   Fonck, Edouard ^c   Yulzari, Aude ^c   Sharma, Tushar ^a   Pitha, Jan V ^b   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Jude Medical GVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FORCE; HEART BEAT; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; DEVICES; DOG; HEART CATHETER; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART VENTRICLE; HEAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NOISE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; THERMOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VENTRICLES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STEAM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925547575     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001094     Document Type: Article

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