Paweł Derejko, Izabela Janus, Piotr Kułakowski, Jacek Kuśnierz, Jakub Baran, Urszula Hangiel, Joanna Proszek, Piotr Frydrychowski, Marcin Michałek, Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak
UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to evaluate chronic lesions resulting from endo-epicardial bipolar radio-frequency (RF) ablation (B-RFA) and determine optimal settings for such procedures in an animal model. METHODS: In 7 pigs up to 5 RF applications per animal were performed using two electrodes placed on both sides of the left ventricular free wall. Current was delivered for 60 seconds using generator dedicated for B-RFA with power settings of 25,30,35,40 and 50W...
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