Why the study?
Does a cooled-tip diode laser catheter create appropriate subsurface lesions for ventricular tachycardia ablation in a canine model?
Population
n=4 mongrel dogs undergoing median sternotomy
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Should not yet change VT ablation practice; leaves open translation of cooled-tip laser lesions to humans.
Does a cooled-tip diode laser catheter create appropriate subsurface lesions for ventricular tachycardia ablation in a canine model?
A prototype cooled-tip diode laser catheter successfully created deep myocardial lesions without surface damage in a canine model, suggesting potential utility for ventricular tachycardia ablation.
Snakard et al. (2001) studied this question.
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