Evaluating the potential susceptibilities of swine bronchi to colateral damage from applied cryoablation

Weston Upchurch, David Ramirez, Paul A. Iaizzo

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Abstract

While thermal ablation to induce pulmonary vein isolation has proven to be successful in treating atrial fibrillation, the applied modalities create the possibilities for collateral damage to surrounding extracardiac structures. Bronchi are considered as one tissue susceptible to such collateral damage. Here, the relative impacts that focal cryoablation dosages have on bronchial tissues were investigated using an in vitro isolated tissue bath setup.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2021
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9780791884812
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Apr 12 2021Apr 15 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2021

Conference

Conference2021 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period4/12/214/15/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by ASME.

Keywords

  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Collateral damage
  • Cryoballoon ablation
  • Pulmonary vein isolation

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