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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025

Effects of key parameters on pulsed field ablation of atrial fibrillation: potato experiments.

Yunhao Li, Fengqi Xuan, Daoyang Zhang, Mingyu Sun, Ping Zhang, Qi Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yaling Han, Zulu Wang, Ming Liang

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impact of catheter design on lesion dimensions during focal-bipolar pulsed field ablation: an in vitro potato model study.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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10 authors.

Yunhao Li *Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Fengqi Xuan *Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Daoyang ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Mingyu SunDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Ping ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Qi ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Jie ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Yaling HanDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Zulu WangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.
Ming LiangDepartment of Cardiology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aims: The study aims to investigate the impact of key parameters of pulsed field ablation (PFA) on lesion depth, including voltage (V), pulse width (PW), number of pulses (P), and ablation number (N), using potato models. Methods: Potatoes are utilized as a display of the irreversible electroporation lesion. The key ablation parameters were varied systematically to explore its influences on lesion depths. Results and conclusion: The key ablation parameters have varying degrees of influence on lesion depths, following the order of PW>V; V>P; PW>P; N>P. Lesion depths increased with higher values of V and P. However, when the total number of pulses reached 9,600, there was no significant increase in injury depth.

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key parameterspre-clinical studypulmonary vein isolationpulsed field ablationtomato

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PMID39968341
PMCPMC11832666

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