Microwave Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Dose-Response Curves in the Cardioplegia- Arrested and Beating Heart Sydney L. Gaynor, MD, Gregory D. Byrd, BA, Michael D. Diodato, MD, Yosuke Ishii, MD, Anson M. Lee, BA, Sandip M. Prasad, BA, Jegan Gopal, BA, Richard B. Schuessler, PhD, Ralph J. Damiano, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 1, Pages 72-76 (January 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The FLEX 10 microwave device (Guidant, Inc, Santa Clara, CA). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 The right ventricular ablations were sliced every 5 mm for measurement of lesion width and depth. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Percent transmural lesions (%) versus duration of ablation in the cardioplegia-arrested heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Percent transmural lesions (%) versus duration of ablation in the beating heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Ventricular lesion depth versus duration of ablation in both the cardioplegia-arrested (squares; broken line) and the beating heart (diamonds; solid line). Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Ventricular lesion width versus duration of ablation in both the cardioplegia-arrested (squares; broken line) and the beating heart (diamonds; solid line). Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 72-76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.062) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions