Contact-force recovery predicts the absence of cardiac perforation during steam pops.
Anand V GanapathyAlireza NazeriJohn AshtonKrithika S GanapathyPayam Safavi-NaeiniMohammed SaeedAbdi RasekhMehdi RazaviPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2020)
Contact-force recovery predicts the absence of CP during RFA independently of whether the pericardium is present. The presence of the pericardium may decrease the likelihood of perforation, perhaps by acting as a thermal sink. Additional studies are needed to correlate these results with clinical experience.