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Treo EF, Cervantes DO, Ciaccio EJ. Automated detection and mapping of electrical activation when electrogram morphology is complex. Biomed Signal Process Control 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Al Aloul B, Sigurdsson G, Can I, Li JM, Dykoski R, Tholakanahalli VN. Proximity of right coronary artery to cavotricuspid isthmus as determined by computed tomography. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2011; 33:1319-23. [PMID: 20663073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter is a commonly performed procedure. Ablation success depends upon complete transmural atrial tissue injury to achieve bidirectional cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) block. Transmural ablation increases risk of injury to the adjacent right coronary artery (RCA). Distance between the RCA and the endocardium within the CTI area is not well described. We aimed to perform in vivo measurements of the distance between the CTI area and adjacent RCA. METHODS Thirty-three consecutive patients underwent electrocardiogram-gated contrast-enhanced computed tomography. CTI area was divided into nine segments based on three common catheter locations (paraseptal, central, and lateral or 5, 6, and 7 o'clock) and ventricular to atrial ablation line. RESULTS Mean age was 64 ± 11 years and 97% of the participants were male. Paraseptal, central, and lateral measurements at the tricuspid annulus ridge showed endocardial to RCA distance 9 ± 3, 6 ± 2, and 5 ± 3 mm, respectively (range 2-17 mm). Corresponding measurements for the ventricular side were 5 ± 3, 4 ± 2, and 4 ± 2 mm and atrial side measurements were 3 ± 2, 3 ± 2, and 3 ± 3 mm. Distance was ≤2 mm in 14% of segments on the ventricular side and 39% of segments on the atrial side. Paired t-test showed significant difference (P < 0.001) between tricuspid annulus ridge measurements and adjacent atrial or ventricular measurements. CONCLUSIONS Distance between endocardium and RCA lumen is reduced in areas adjacent to the tricuspid annulus ridge.
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- Basel Al Aloul
- Division of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Electrode displacement elastography is a strain imaging method that can be used for in-vivo imaging of radiofrequency ablation-induced lesions in abdominal organs such as the liver and kidney. In this technique, tissue motion or deformation is introduced by displacing the same electrode used to create the lesion. Minute displacements (on the order of a fraction of a millimetre) are applied to the thermal lesion through the electrode, resulting in localized tissue deformation. Ultrasound echo signals acquired before and after the electrode-induced displacements are then utilized to generate strain images. However, these local strains depend on the modulus distribution of the tissue region being imaged. Therefore, a quantitative evaluation of the conversion efficiency from modulus contrast to strain contrast in electrode-displacement elastograms is warranted. The contrast-transfer efficiency is defined as the ratio (in dB) of the observed elastographic strain contrast and the underlying true modulus contrast. It represents a measure of the efficiency with which elastograms depict the underlying modulus distribution in tissue. In this paper, we develop a contrast-transfer efficiency formalism for electrode displacement elastography (referred to as contrast-transfer improvement). Changes in the contrast-transfer improvement as a function of the underlying true modulus contrast and the depth of the inclusion in the simulated phantom are studied. We present finite element analyses obtained using a two-dimensional mechanical deformation and tissue motion model. The results obtained using finite element analyses are corroborated using experimental analysis and an ultrasound simulation program so as to incorporate noise artifacts.
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- Shyam Bharat
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Lai YC, Choy YB, Haemmerich D, Vorperian VR, Webster JG. Lesion size estimator of cardiac radiofrequency ablation at different common locations with different tip temperatures. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2004; 51:1859-64. [PMID: 15490835 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2004.831529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Finite element method (FEM) analysis has become a common method to analyze the lesion formation during temperature-controlled radiofrequency (RF) cardiac ablation. We present a process of FEM modeling a system including blood, myocardium, and an ablation catheter with a thermistor embedded at the tip. The simulation used a simple proportional-integral (PI) controller to control the entire process operated in temperature-controlled mode. Several factors affect the lesion size such as target temperature, blood flow rate, and application time. We simulated the time response of RF ablation at different locations by using different target temperatures. The applied sites were divided into two groups each with a different convective heat transfer coefficient. The first group was high-flow such as the atrioventricular (AV) node and the atrial aspect of the AV annulus, and the other was low-flow such as beneath the valve or inside the coronary sinus. Results showed the change of lesion depth and lesion width with time, under different conditions. We collected data for all conditions and used it to create a database. We implemented a user-interface, the lesion size estimator, where the user enters set temperature and location. Based on the database, the software estimated lesion dimensions during different applied durations. This software could be used as a first-step predictor to help the electrophysiologist choose treatment parameters.
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- Yu-Chi Lai
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Benson LN, Nykanen D, Collison A. Radiofrequency perforation in the treatment of congenital heart disease. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2002; 56:72-82. [PMID: 11979539 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Catheter-directed perforation of cardiac tissue with radiofrequency (RF) energy has expanded the horizon of the interventional cardiologist dealing with congenital heart disorders. The focus of the following discussion will be to detail the biophysical basis behind RF perforation and review its application in the management of congenital heart lesions.
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- Lee N Benson
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Cao H, Vorperian VR, Tungjitkusolmun S, Tsai JZ, Haemmerich D, Choy YB, Webster JG. Flow effect on lesion formation in RF cardiac catheter ablation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2001; 48:425-33. [PMID: 11322530 DOI: 10.1109/10.915708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This study investigated the flow effect on the lesion formation during radio-frequency cardiac catheter ablation in temperature-controlled mode. The blood flow in heart chambers carries heat away from the endocardium by convection. This cooling effect requires more power from the ablation generator and causes a larger lesion. We set up a flow system to simulate the flow inside the heart chamber. We performed in vitro ablation on bovine myocardium with three different flow rates (0 L/min, 1 L/min and 3 L/min) and two target temperatures (60 degrees C and 80 degrees C). During ablation, we also recorded the temperatures inside the myocardium with a three-thermocouple temperature probe. The results show that lesion dimensions (maximum depth, maximum width and lesion volume) are larger in high flow rates (p<0.01). Also, the temperature recordings show that the tissue temperature rises faster and reaches a higher temperature under higher flow rate.
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- H Cao
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA
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Cao H, Vorperian VR, Tsai JZ, Tungjitkusolmun S, Woo EJ, Webster JG. Temperature measurement within myocardium during in vitro RF catheter ablation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2000; 47:1518-24. [PMID: 11077746 DOI: 10.1109/10.880104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While most commercial ablation units and research systems can provide catheter tip temperature during ablation, they do not provide information about the temperature change inside the myocardium, which determines the lesion size. We present the details of a flow simulation and temperature measurement system, which allows the monitoring of the temperature change inside the myocardium during in vitro radio frequency (RF) cardiac catheter ablation at different blood flow rates to which the catheter site may be exposed. We set up a circulation system that simulated different blood flow rates of 0 to 5 L/min at 37 degrees C. We continuously measured the temperature at the catheter tip using the built-in thermistor and inside the myocardium using a three-thermocouple probe. The system provides a means for further study of the temperature inside myocardium during RF catheter ablation under different flow conditions and at different penetration depths.
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- H Cao
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Tungjitkusolmun S, Woo EJ, Cao H, Tsai JZ, Vorperian VR, Webster JG. Thermal--electrical finite element modelling for radio frequency cardiac ablation: effects of changes in myocardial properties. Med Biol Eng Comput 2000; 38:562-8. [PMID: 11094815 DOI: 10.1007/bf02345754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Finite element (FE) analysis has been utilised as a numerical tool to determine the temperature distribution in studies of radio frequency (RF) cardiac ablation. However, none of the previous FE analyses clarified such computational aspects as software requirements, computation time or convergence test. In addition, myocardial properties included in the previous models vary greatly. A process of FE modelling of a system that included blood, myocardium, and an ablation catheter with a thermistor embedded at the tip is described. The bio-heat equation is solved to determine the temperature distribution in myocardium using a commercial software application (ABAQUS). A Cauchy convergence test (epsilon = 0.1 degree C) was performed and it is concluded that the optimal number of elements for the proposed system is 24610. The effects of changes in myocardial properties (+/- 50% electric conductivity, +100%/-50% thermal conductivity, and +100%/-50% specific heat capacity) in both power-controlled (PCRFA) and temperature-controlled RF ablation (TCRFA) were studied. Changes in myocardial properties affect the results of the FE analyses of PCRFA more than those of TCRFA, and the maximum changes in lesion volumes were -58.6% (-50% electric conductivity), -60.7% (+100% thermal conductivity), and +43.2% (-50% specific heat).
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- S Tungjitkusolmun
- Department of Electronics Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
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Tungjitkusolmun S, Woo EJ, Cao H, Tsai JZ, Vorperian VR, Webster JG. Finite element analyses of uniform current density electrodes for radio-frequency cardiac ablation. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2000; 47:32-40. [PMID: 10646277 DOI: 10.1109/10.817617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The high current density at the edge of a metal electrode causes hot spots, which can lead to charring or blood coagulation formation during radio-frequency (RF) cardiac ablation. We used finite element analysis to predict the current density distribution created by several electrode designs for RF ablation. The numerical results demonstrated that there were hot spots at the edge of the conventional tip electrode and the insulating catheter. By modifying the shape of the edge of the 5-mm tip electrode, we could significantly reduce the high current density at the electrode-insulator interface. We also studied the current density distribution produced by a cylindrically shaped electrode. We modified the shape of a cylindrical electrode by recessing the edge and filled in a coating material so that the overall structure was still cylindrical. We analyzed the effects of depth of recess and the electrical conductivity of the added material. The results show that more uniform current density can be accomplished by recessing the electrode, adding a curvature to the electrode, and by coating the electrode with a resistive material.
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- S Tungjitkusolmun
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA
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Woo EJ, Tungjitkusolmun S, Cao H, Tsai JZ, Webster JG, Vorperian VR, Will JA. A new catheter design using needle electrode for subendocardial RF ablation of ventricular muscles: finite element analysis and in vitro experiments. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2000; 47:23-31. [PMID: 10646276 DOI: 10.1109/10.817616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Radio-frequency (RF) cardiac ablation has been very successful for treating arrhythmias related with atrioventricular junction and accessory pathways with successful cure rates of more than 90%. Even though ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a more serious problem, it is known to be rather difficult to cure VT using RF ablation. In order to apply RF ablation to VT, we usually need to create a deeper and wider lesion. Conventional RF ablation electrodes often fail to produce such a lesion. We propose a catheter-electrode design including one or more needle electrodes with a diameter of 0.5-1.0 mm and length of 2.0-10 mm to create a lesion large enough to treat VT. One temperature sensor could be placed at the middle of the needle electrode for temperature-controlled RF ablation. From finite element analyses and in vitro experiments, we found that the depth of a lesion is 1-2 mm deeper than the insertion depth of the needle and the width increases as we increase the diameter of the needle and the time duration. We showed that a single needle electrode can produce a lesion with about 10-mm width and any required depth. If a wider lesion is required, more than one needle with suggested structures can be used. Or, repeated RF ablations around a certain area using one needle could produce a cluster of lesions. In some cases, a catheter with both conventional electrode and needle electrode at its tip may be beneficial to take advantage of both types of electrode.
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- E J Woo
- School of Electronics and Information, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Kyongki-do, Korea
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Panescu D, Fleischman SD, Whayne JG, Swanson DK, Mirotznik MS, McRury I, Haines DE. Radiofrequency multielectrode catheter ablation in the atrium. Phys Med Biol 1999; 44:899-915. [PMID: 10232804 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/4/007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We developed a temperature-controlled radiofrequency (RF) system which can ablate by delivering energy to up to six 12.5 mm long coil electrodes simultaneously. Temperature feedback was obtained from temperature sensors placed at each end of coil electrodes, in diametrically opposite positions. The coil electrodes were connected in parallel, via a set of electronic switches, to a 150 W 500 kHz temperature-controlled RF generator. Temperatures measured at all user-selected coil electrodes were processed by a microcontroller which sent the maximum value to the temperature input of the generator. The generator adjusted the delivered power to regulate the temperature at its input within a 5 degrees C interval about a user-defined set point. The microcontroller also activated the corresponding electronic switches so that temperatures at all selected electrodes were controlled within a 5 degrees C interval with respect to each other. Physical aspects of tissue heating were first analysed using finite element models and current density measurements. Results from these analyses also constituted design input. The performance of this system was studied in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, at set temperatures of 70 degrees C, 85% of the lesions were contiguous. All lesions created at set temperatures of 80 and 90 degrees C were contiguous. The lesion length increased almost linearly with the number of electrodes. Power requirements to reach a set temperature were larger as more electrodes were driven by the generator. The system impedance decreased as more electrodes were connected in the ablation circuit and reached a low of 45.5 ohms with five coil electrodes in the circuit. In vivo, right atrial lesions were created in eight mongrel canines. The power needed to reach 70 degrees C set temperature varied between 15 and 114 W. The system impedance was 105+/-16 ohms, with one coil electrode in the circuit, and dropped to 75+/-12 ohms when two coil electrodes were simultaneously powered. The length and the width of the lesion set varied between 17.6+/-6.1 and 59.2+/-11.7 mm and 5.9+/-0.7 and 7.1+/-1.2 mm respectively. No sudden impedance rises occurred and 75% of the lesions were contiguous. From the set of contiguous lesions, 90% were potentially therapeutic as they were transmural and extended over the entire target region. The average total procedure and fluoroscopy times were 83.4 and 5.9 min respectively. We concluded that the system can safely perform long and contiguous lesions in canine right atria.
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- D Panescu
- Boston Scientific, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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Clayton RH, Campbell RW, Murray A. Characteristics of multichannel ECG recordings during human ventricular tachyarrhythmias. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE : THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY 1998; 17:39-44, 55. [PMID: 9460619 DOI: 10.1109/51.646220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- R H Clayton
- Regional Medical Physics Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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