Scientific article
Meta-analysis
English

Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

Published inEuropace, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 277-283
Publication date2011
Abstract

Catheter manipulation during ablation procedures can produce injury and tamponade. We evaluated the mechanical forces required to perforate a porcine heart with an ablation catheter.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac/surgery
  • Cardiac Tamponade/etiology
  • Catheter Ablation/instrumentation
  • Catheters/adverse effects
  • Heart Atria/injuries
  • Heart Ventricles/injuries
  • Manometry/instrumentation
  • Models, Animal
  • Pressure
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Swine
Citation (ISO format)
SHAH, Dipen et al. Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers. In: Europace, 2011, vol. 13, n° 2, p. 277–283. doi: 10.1093/europace/euq403
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