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Fig. 6

From: Impact of the dispersive patch placement on dissipated power in radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation via a virtual patient study

Fig. 6

(A) Left: Variations in esophageal power density between the vertical anterior left (vAL) and horizontal posterior centre (hPC) patch placement. Positive values indicate larger esophageal power dissipation using the hPC patch. Right: The variation of the percentage of power dissipated inside the esophageal tissue for various patch placements compared to the standard hPC patch location, for an electrode placement near PLAW. (B) Left: Relative dissipation of the total power (%) in the vicinity of the patch. For all DP placements, variations are negligible across electrode positions and ablation protocols. Right: The power density distribution at the hPC patch position for the electrode at RIPV..

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