Why the study?
Does microwave epicardial ablation induce different healing mechanisms and lesion characteristics compared to dry radiofrequency ablation in a porcine left atrium model?
Population
9 pigs (left atrium model)
Comparison
Microwave epicardial ablation vs Dry radiofrequency epicardial ablation
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
1 month
Authors
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Microwave ablation may yield more durable scars than radiofrequency in epicardial use; leaves open translation to human arrhythmia outcomes.
Does microwave epicardial ablation induce different healing mechanisms and lesion characteristics compared to dry radiofrequency ablation in a porcine left atrium model?
In a porcine model, microwave epicardial ablation results in faster lesion evolution and broader, deeper scars compared to dry radiofrequency ablation.
Gouveia et al. (2006) studied this question.
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