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December 6, 2025EP EuropaceOpen Access

Averaging Real-Time Impedance Enhances the Prediction of Steam Pop Risk and Lesion Characteristics

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HIHidehiro IwakawaMTMasateru TakigawaJYJunji Yamaguchi

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Overview

Evaluation reveals averaged impedance enhances prediction of steam pops in swine, suggesting improved lesion assessment.

Key Points

  • Averaged impedance drops enhanced the prediction of steam pops, with an AUC of 0.93 for sensitivity and specificity.
  • Notably, 3.8% of radiofrequency ablation applications led to steam pops, primarily affecting ventricular lesions.
  • Analysis utilized a radiofrequency ablation technique on swine, comparing unfiltered to averaged impedance metrics.
  • Averaging impedance parameters improves assessments of lesion size and characteristics in ablation procedures.

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Iwakawa et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6940223b2d562116f28fb876https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf315
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