Case reports of steam pops using a dual-energy lattice-tip catheter during cavotricuspid isthmus ablation and review of the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database
Jad A Ballout, Kuldeep B Shah, Mahmoud Samy Ahmed, Brian D Williamson · 2026
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Description
Jad A Ballout and co-authors examine steam pops, small explosive bursts of heated tissue. The pops occurred while they used a dual-energy lattice-tip catheter to ablate the cavotricuspid isthmus, a strip of tissue in the right atrium. Their 2026 report pairs the cases with a review of device problem reports filed in the federal MAUDE database.
Even though the catheter controls its own temperature, pops still happened when lesions were stacked on top of each other or placed inside tissue pouches. The system gives no feedback on impedance or other usual ablation measures, so the events were hard to predict. The authors note that the pulsed field mode might avoid pops, though near this site it must be used with care because of the risk of coronary artery spasm.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jad A Ballout, Kuldeep B Shah, Mahmoud Samy Ahmed, Brian D Williamson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20010 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |