Comparison of two catheters measuring local impedance: local impedance variation vs lesion characteristics and steam pops.

Miki AmemiyaMasateru TakigawaMasahiko GoyaClaire A MartinTatsuhiko AnzaiKunihiko TakahashiYuki ShimizuTakashi IkenouchiTatsuaki KamataTasuku YamamotoTakuro NishimuraYasuhiro ShiraiSusumu TaoShinsuke MiyazakiTetsuo Sasano

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2022)

Although no difference in safety profile is observed between MiFi-OI and SP catheters, the SP catheter produces larger lesions. %LI-drop is superior to δLI-drop in correlation to lesion size and in predicting steam pops as well as in normalizing the difference between catheters.

Keyphrases

ion batteries
dual energy
solid state
computed tomography
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance