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Table 1 Input parameters including electrical, thermophysical, mechanical, and other properties used in numerical computations of the RFCA model

From: Tissue poromechanical deformation effects on steam pop likelihood in 3-D radiofrequency cardiac ablation

Element/Material

Electrode

Catheter

Cardiac tissue

Blood

Reference

Pt-Ir

PE

\(\sigma\) (S m−1)

4.6 × 106

10–5

\({\sigma }^{*}\)

0.667

[7, 8, 10,11,12,13,14, 22, 25]

k (W m−1 K−1)

71

0.026

\({k}^{*}\)

0.541

p (kg m−3)

21.5 × 103

70

Liquid phase; 1060

Gas phase; 370

1000 

Cp (J kg−1 K−1)

132

1045

Liquid phase; 1060

Gas phase; 370

4810

\(\varepsilon_r\) (at 500 kHz)

1.0003

2.26

8 × 104

4 × 103

[41,42,43,44]

\(\mu\) (kg m−1 s−1)

-

-

-

0.0035

[26, 27, 45, 46]

\(\beta,\;\alpha\) (C° − 1)

-

-

1.23 × 10–4

4.5 × 10–4

[46, 47]

v (-)

-

-

0.499

-

[26,27,28]

E (Pa)

-

-

0.5 × 106

-

[48,49,50]

Porous media

 K(m2)

-

-

Blood vessel size of 30 μm; 3.5166 × 10–11

Blood vessel size of 5 μm; 1.3823 × 10–15

-

-

 \(\varepsilon\) (-)

-

-

Blood vessel size of 30\(\mu\)m; 0.1875

Blood vessel size of 5\(\mu\)m; 0.0313

-