Leading Electrophysiologists (EPs) have performed several preclinical animal studies that support use of the Durablate™ for the successful treatment of VT.
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In vivo and ex vivo animal models demonstrate that SERF can make the large, transmural lesions required to treat the full extent of VT in the thick ventricle walls
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Preclinical in vivo animal data include canine, ovine and porcine models.
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Investigators have concluded that the SERF Ablation Catheter can do the following:
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Create larger lesions than existing therapeutic catheters in both infarcted and normal tissue
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Create large, well-defined transmural ablations largely confined to the infarct scar
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Homogenize the infarct region and eliminate channels of viable myocardium in scar
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Cure infarcted animals of VT inducibility
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Deliver large lesions with no detectable additional effects on myocardial hemodynamic function and no evidence of myocardial perforation, wall thinning, or aneurysm formation in chronic animal studies