The correlation between local impedance drop and catheter contact in clinical pulmonary vein isolation use.
contact angle
contact force
local impedance
pulmonary vein isolation
radiofrequency ablation
Journal
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
ISSN: 1540-8159
Titre abrégé: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7803944
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
revised:
27
02
2022
received:
29
11
2021
accepted:
18
03
2022
pubmed:
2
4
2022
medline:
13
8
2022
entrez:
1
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Local impedance (LI) drop during radiofrequency (RF) application is monitored to assess the lesion formation. Recently, a novel ablation catheter has been introduced to clinical setting, which is capable of monitoring LI and catheter contact parameters including contact force (CF) and contact angle (CA). This study aimed to clarify the correlation between LI drop and catheter contact parameters. This prospective study included 15 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who underwent initial pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). First-pass encircling point-by-point PV ablation was performed by using a 4.5-mm irrigated ablation catheter, with monitoring LI, CF, and CA. RF energy was applied for 30 s at each site with 30 W. Stable ablation points were analyzed to examine the correlation between LI drop and catheter contact parameters. Among 903 ablation points, 499 stable ablation points (55.2%) were analyzed. CA showed good correlation with LI drop (ρ = 0.418, p < .001). Maximum CF, minimum CF, average CF, and initial CF all showed weak correlation with LI drop (ρ = 0.201, p < .001; ρ = 0.224, p < .001; ρ = 0.258, p < .001; and ρ = 0.212, p < .001, respectively). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that CA was an independent factor of LI drop among the catheter contact parameters (β = 0.139, 95% CI = 0.111-0.167, p < .001). The LI drop in the blocked segments was significantly higher than that in the electrical conduction gap segments (27.3 ± 9.8 vs. 19.6 ± 6.4 Ω, p < .001) CONCLUSION: In clinical PVI use, both CF and CA were correlated with LI drop. More parallel CA could induce higher LI drop, which may lead to effective lesion formation.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
984-992Informations de copyright
© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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