Why the study?
Does using gold or copper electrodes instead of platinum increase thermal lesion dimensions in cardiac radiofrequency catheter ablation models?
Does using gold or copper electrodes instead of platinum increase thermal lesion dimensions in cardiac radiofrequency catheter ablation models?
Computer modeling suggests that using higher thermal conductivity materials like gold or copper for RF ablation electrodes provides only minor increases in lesion dimensions, which are unlikely to offer significant clinical advantages over platinum.
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Negligible lesion differences with gold/copper electrodes do not support material substitution; leaves open clinical translation in human RF ablation models.
Schutt et al. (2009) studied this question.
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