Comparison of In Vivo Tissue Temperature Profile and Lesion Geometry for Radiofrequency Ablation With High Power-Short Duration and Moderate Power-Moderate Duration: Effects of Thermal Latency and Contact Force on Lesion Formation

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Jul;14(7):e009899. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.009899. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

¹ Heart Rhythm Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (H.N., A.I., W.M.J.).
² Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (A.I., K.Y.).
³ Biosense Webster, Irwindale, CA (T.S., J.A., J.M., A.L., K.F.).
⁴ Biosense Webster, Yokneam, Israel (A.G.).
⁵ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (F.H.M.W.).

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; radiofrequency current; tachycardia, ventricular; thrombosis.