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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 May 10;36(2):505–511. doi: 10.1007/s00270-012-0405-1

Table III.

Mean heating rates for each energy type in relevant tissues. Microwaves tend to heat tissue faster both in normal tissue and in previously ablated tissues that simulate a more advanced ablation stage.

Position Mean heating rate (°C/s) P-value Mean heating rate (°C/s)
RF MW RF in RF-ablated tissue MW in MW-ablated tissue
5 mm 0.73 3.03 <0.0001 0.69 1.84
10 mm 0.21 0.85 0.0001 0.17 0.34
15 mm 0.09 0.17 0.0144 0.10 0.08