In silico analysis of the relation between conventional and high-power short-duration RF ablation settings and resulting lesion metrics.
Felix BourierKonstantinos VlachosAntonio FronteraClaire A MartinAnna LamMasateru TakigawaΤakeshi KitamuraGhassen ChnitiJosselin DuchateauThomas PambrunNicolas DervalArnaud DenisHubert CochetMélèze HociniFrédéric SacherMichel HaïssaguerrePierre JaïsPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)
The findings support the clinical use of contact forces within a 10 to 20 g range. AI is more sensitive to RF duration, whereas LSI is more sensitive to contact force. HPSD RF settings can successfully be derived from lesion metric indices.