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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Nov;136(5):1295–1301. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.04.030

TABLE 2.

Endocardial lesion sets up to the mitral and tricuspid annuli

Ablation
time (s)
Ablation
width
(mm)
Ablation
depth
(mm)
Tissue
thickness
(mm)
Transmurality
(%)
5.0 3.8 ± 1.2 1.6 ± 0.3 1.7 ± 0.4 83 (10/12)
(2.1–5.3) (0.9–2.0) (1.3–2.9)
10.0 5.9 ± 1.0* 2.0 ± 0.9 2.0 ± 0.9 100 (12/12)
(4.2–6.8) (0.8–3.6) (0.8–3.6)
15.0 6.4 ± 1.2 2.3 ± 0.7* 2.3 ± 0.7* 100 (12/12)
(4.7–8.5) (1.4–4.0) (1.4–4.0)

Data are presented as mean values ± standard deviation.

*

P < .05 versus 5-second lesion.