In vitro comparison of platinum-iridium and gold tip electrodes: lesion depth in 4 mm, 8 mm, and irrigated-tip radiofrequency ablation catheters
Author(s) -
Markus Linhart,
Hanke Mollnau,
A. Bitzen,
S. Wurtz,
Jan W. Schrickel,
René Andrié,
Florian Stöckigt,
Christoph Weiss,
Georg Nickenig,
Lars Lickfett,
Thorsten Lewalter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eup040
Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , electrode , platinum , catheter , iridium , radiofrequency ablation , nuclear medicine , lesion , biomedical engineering , surgery , chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry
We compared a newly developed irrigated gold tip electrode ablation catheter and a gold tip 4 and 8 mm catheter with the corresponding platinum-iridium (Pt) tip catheters in an in vitro setting.
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