Feasibility of directional percutaneous epicardial ablation with a partially insulated catheter.
Ammar M KilluNiyada NaksukFaisal F SyedChristopher V DeSimonePrakriti GabaChance WittDorothy J LadewigScott H SuddendorfJoanne M PowersGaurav SatamZdeněk StárekTomas KaraJiří WolfPavel LeinveberMichal CrhaMiroslav NovákCharles J BrucePaul A FriedmanSamuel J AsirvathamPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
Epicardial ablation using a partially insulated catheter to confer epicardial directionality and protect the phrenic nerve seems feasible. Iterations with ultrasound windows may enable real-time epicardial surface visualization thus identifying coronary arteries at ablation sites. Further improvements, however, are necessary.