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BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10020227
关键词
porous media; bioheat; RF catheter ablation; pulsating heat
Heart arrhythmia is caused by abnormal electrical conduction through the myocardium, which can be treated with pulsed heat to avoid damage to healthy tissue or electrical issues. This study uses pulsed heat to regulate temperature fields during radiofrequency cardiac ablation. A three-dimensional model is developed for the myocardium, catheter, and blood flow. Different pulsed conditions are tested to determine if a reasonable ablation zone can be obtained without undesired temperature peaks.
Heart arrhythmia is caused by abnormal electrical conduction through the myocardium, which in some cases, can be treated with heat. One of the challenges is to reduce temperature peaks-by still guaranteeing an efficient treatment where desired-to avoid any healthy tissue damage or any electrical issues within the device employed. A solution might be employing pulsed heat, in which thermal dose is given to the tissue with a variation in time. In this work, pulsed heat is used to modulate induced temperature fields during radiofrequency cardiac ablation. A three-dimensional model of the myocardium, catheter and blood flow is developed. Porous media, heat conduction and Navier-Stokes equations are, respectively, employed for each of the investigated domains. For the electric field, solved via Laplace equation, it is assumed that the electrode is at a fixed voltage. Pulsed heating effects are considered with a cosine time-variable pulsed function for the fixed voltage by constraining the product between this variable and time. Different dimensionless frequencies are considered and applied for different blood flow velocity and sustained voltages. Results are presented for different pulsed conditions to establish if a reasonable ablation zone, known from the obtained temperature profiles, can be obtained without any undesired temperature peaks.
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