Bipolar ablation with contact force-sensing of swine ventricles shows improved acute lesion features compared to sequential unipolar ablation.

Filip SoucekGuido CaluoriFrantisek LeharJiri Jez Martin Pesl Jiri Wolf Adam Wojtaszczyk Silvie Belaskova Zdeněk Stárek

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)

Bipolar ablation is more likely to create transmural and epicardial lesions in the ventricle wall. Half the time is needed for the creation of comparably deep and large lesions.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
bipolar disorder
catheter ablation
mitral valve
drug induced
heart failure
intensive care unit
atrial fibrillation
coronary artery
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation