Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

Shah, Dipen; Lambert, Hendrik; Langenkamp, Arne; Vanenkov, Yuri; Leo, Giovanni; Gentil-Baron, Pascale; Walpoth, Beat

doi:10.1093/europace/euq403

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Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

ContributorsShah, Dipen; Lambert, Hendrik; Langenkamp, Arne; Vanenkov, Yuri; Leo, Giovanni; Gentil-Baron, Pascale; Walpoth, Beat

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

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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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PID : unige:24892
DOI : 10.1093/europace/euq403
PMID : 21084361

Journal ISSN1532-2092

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Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

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.

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