ArticleHeart and vessels2026
Evaluation of the contributors of generator impedance during radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Article in Heart and vessels, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tripolar versus bipolar ablation: insights into lesion growth and geometry using a novel ablation approach for therapy-refractory ventricular arrhythmias.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Contact Index-Guided Pulsed Field Ablation: A Two-Phase Validation of the Impedance Change Threshold to Prevent Acute Pulmonary Vein Gaps.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study aimed to clarify the contributions of dispersive electrode configuration, extracardiac impedance, and blood pool impedance to generator impedance (GI). Forty-five patients who underwent catheter ablation with Intellanav Stablepoint™ catheter were included. Four dispersive electrode positions were tested: the left hip, lower back, middle back, and upper back. For each dispersive electrode position, GI in the blood pool (BP-GI) and GI during contact with the myocardium of the left atrial anterior wall (Myo-GI) were measured at 46 kHz in standby mode. Body mass index (BMI) and hematocrit served as surrogates for extracardiac and blood pool impedance, respectively. The lowest BP-GI and Myo-GI were observed with the middle back dispersive electrode (BP-GI: 119 ± 13 Ω; Myo-GI: 123 ± 13 Ω), followed by the upper back (122 ± 13 Ω; 126 ± 13 Ω), lower back (126 ± 14 Ω; 129 ± 14 Ω), and the left hip dispersive electrode (153 ± 15 Ω; 156 ± 14 Ω). With the middle back dispersive electrode, BMI and hematocrit predicted BP-GI and Myo-GI with acceptable accuracy (adjusted R
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.