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Table 3 The ablation characteristics of animal experiment in vivo (n = 4)

From: Development, safety and efficacy of a novel circular-irrigated deca-channel mapping and ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation

 

values

The number of related electrodes (uni/bipolar,10/10)

unipolar ablation (n = 2)

bipolar ablation (n = 2)

P value

Ablation characteristics

Last power (W)

10/10

19.6 ± 1.3

15.0 ± 0.0

0.000

max power (W)

10/10

20.0 ± 0.0

15.0 ± 0.0

0.000

Full power time (S)

10/10

11.7 ± 2.1

7.1 ± 2.5

0.000

Full temperature time (S)

1/0

30.0 ± 0.0

initial temperature (°C)

10/10

37.4 ± 0.5

36.8 ± 0.4

0.003

final temperature (°C)

10/10

40.9 ± 2.0

37.1 ± 2.8

0.000

initial resistance (Ω)

10/10

175.0 ± 8.2

174.3 ± 22.5

0.926

final resistance (Ω)

10/10

140.8 ± 9.5

164.8 ± 21.3

0.006

Ablation lesions

length (mm)

10/10

5.0 ± 1.3

2.8 ± 0.2

0.000

width (mm)

10/10

4.6 ± 0.7

4.2 ± 0.5

0.142

height (mm)

10/10

4.2 ± 0.6

2.3 ± 0.4

0.000