Novel Balloon Catheter Technologies for Pulmonary Vein/Antrum Isolation

Nakagawa, Hiroshi; Yokoyama, Kenichi; Aoyama, Hiroshi; Foresti, Sara; Piťha, Jan; Lazzara, Ralph; Jackman, Warren M.

doi:10.1007/978-1-59745-163-5_27

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“…Ultrasound energy is only minimally absorbed by blood. Therefore, there is little or no direct heating of blood during endocardial ablation, resulting in a lower risk of thrombus than for RF energy 361–363 . Ultrasound energy decays as the inverse of distance from the source.…”

Section: Future Tools and Treatment Options For Catheter Ablation Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because the laser energy is absorbed by blood, lasing into blood may produce thrombus. This can be avoided by using a balloon filled with clear fluid, generally D 2 O (heavy water), and visualizing the ablation filed through the endoscopic fiber 363 . Another advantage of endoscopic visualization is that scar and scar border can be easily seen for scar localization.…”

Section: Future Tools and Treatment Options For Catheter Ablation Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, there is little or no direct heating of blood during endocardial ablation, resulting in a lower risk of thrombus than for RF energy. [361][362][363] Ultrasound energy decays as the inverse of distance from the source. In contrast, RF energy decays as the inverse of the square of the distance.…”

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confidence: 99%

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