Five seconds of 50–60 W radio frequency atrial ablations were transmural and safe: An in vitro mechanistic assessment and force-controlled in vivo validation

Europace

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 874-880

  Bhaskaran, Abhishek ^a,b   Chik, William ^a,b   Pouliopoulos, Jim ^a,b   Nalliah, Chrishan ^a,b   Qian, Pierre ^a,b   Barry, Tony ^a,b,c   Nadri, Fazlur ^a,b   Samanta, Rahul ^a,b   Tran, Ying ^d   Thomas, Stuart ^a,b   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a,b   Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Biotronik company   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; High power; Radiofrequency ablation; Safety; Short duration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG LESION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC BURN; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INJURIES; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; SHEEP; SURGERY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; OPERATIVE TIME; RADIATION DOSAGE; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 85027416045     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw077     Document Type: Article

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