Mitigating Iatrogenic Air Entrainment During Pulsed Field Ablation
Ting-Yung Chang, Chin-Yu Lin, Pei-Yi Wang, Hsin-Lei Huang, Kuo-Hsiang Lu · 2026
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Description
Ting-Yung Chang and co-authors tested in 2026 a plain device, the Adapter Sink, to stop air bubbles from entering the bloodstream during pulsed field treatment for atrial fibrillation. Systemic air embolism is a vital risk during left atrial work, most of all with frequent catheter swaps through small sheaths.
Using a water-tank model with a commercial pulsed field system and guiding sheath, the team weighed three entry ways across ten trials each. One was standard entry with no suction. One was entry with manual suction. One was entry through the sunk Adapter Sink. Standard entry always brought small bubbles. Manual suction cut them markedly. Sunk entry wiped them out. The cheap adapter gives a workable safety fix for a routine but risky procedural step.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ting-Yung Chang, Chin-Yu Lin, Pei-Yi Wang, Hsin-Lei Huang, Kuo-Hsiang Lu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |