Relationship Between Ablation Lesion Size Estimated by Ablation Index and Different Ablation Settings—an Ex Vivo Porcine Heart Study
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH(2020)
摘要
This study aimed to verify the reliability of ablation index (AI) for ablation lesion estimating with different settings for radiofrequency (RF) parameters: power, impedance, contact angles, irrigation rate, temperature of irrigation saline, and irrigation solution. RF ablations ( N = 66) were performed on ex vivo porcine left ventricle submerged in 37 °C saline. The aforementioned ablation parameters were changed to measure whether the size of the ablation lesion was consistent at a fixed AI value of 500. The maximum lesion diameter ( r = − 0.631, P = 0.028), depth ( r = − 0.896, P < 0.001), and volume ( r = − 0.745, P < 0.005) were significantly reduced with an increase of the impedance. The lesion depth ( P < 0.05) and the lesion volume ( P < 0.05) were significantly larger with glucose irrigation than saline irrigation. In conclusion, at a fixed AI value, impedance and irrigation solution have impact on the ablation lesions, which could affect the accuracy of AI formula to estimate ablation lesion size. Graphical abstract
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Ablation index, Impedance, Radiofrequency ablation
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