Catheter ablation
Original Article Red blood cell distribution width intimately correlated with clinical recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation
... Abstract: Purpose: Red blood cell distribution width was demonstrated to be relevant to the incidence of atrial fibril- lation in general population and new-onset patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. ...
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Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in a patient with dextrocardia due to unilateral pulmonary agenesis: a case report
... Our case illustrates the role of imaging by contrast injection in a patient with dextrocardia. The identification of the accurate anatomy using imaging modalities such as computerized tomography and magnetic resonance ...
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Role of Catheter Ablation in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
... VT ablation alone and in combination with antiarrhythmic drugs, definition of relapses, etc… But the disadvantage of fulguration is that it requires expertise, general anesthesia and more than one session in half ...
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Catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation: a state-of-the-art review
... for catheter ablation in these subset of ...the ablation procedure and strategy to the patient, assuming that AF can hide different pathophysiological mechanisms, even in the same ...19.5%). ...
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Clinical Significance of Additional Ablation of Atrial Premature Beats after Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
... 57.4±11.1 years old) who underwent RFCA between March 2011 and December 2012. The exclusion criteria were as follows: 1) permanent AF refractory to electrical cardioversion; 2) AF with valvular disease (>grade II); 3) ...
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An Approach to Catheter Ablation of Cavotricuspid Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter
... curative catheter ablation targeting the critical isthmus of tissue located between the tricuspid annulus and the inferior vena ...following ablation. It is now fair to say that catheter ...
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Radiofrequency Current for Catheter Ablation of Accessory Atrioventricular Connections in Children and Adolescents. Emphasis on the Single-Catheter Technique
... The feasibility of radiofrequency current catheter ablation directed at an accessory atrioventricular con- nection was first demonstrated in a patient with the Wolff-Parkinson-White synd[r] ...
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Hybrid thoracoscopic surgical and transvenous catheter ablation versus transvenous catheter ablation in persistent and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation (HARTCAP AF): study protocol for a randomized trial
... endocardial ablation during a first ablation attempt since there is not enough evidence to justify the prolonged pro- cedure and radiation times, and the possibly higher com- plication rates (class IIa) ...
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An unusual case of acute respiratory failure in a patient with pulmonary veins stenosis late after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a case report and the review of the literature
... after catheter ablation in the region of the PV should raise suspicions of PVS [3, ...AF ablation, because of the good feasibility, and the overall benefits in a population with increased risk of PVS ...
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Intra-cardiac and peripheral levels of biochemical markers of fibrosis in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
... In the context of catheter ablation of AF, the majority of studies assessing fibrosis biomarkers have tested peripheral levels. There is an assumption that peripheral levels of biomarkers will match ...
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Original Article Prophylactic amiodarone therapy following catheter ablation reduces early and very-late arrhythmia recurrences in atrial fibrillation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Moreover, other parameters besides of recur- rence should be incorporated to gauge the clini- cal outcomes of catheter ablation. It has been suggested that occasional AF recurrences may not be considered as ...
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Use of oral gadobenate dimeglumine to visualise the oesophagus during magnetic resonance angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation prior to catheter ablation
... (RF) ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) [1], and have since been reported after percutaneous endocardial RF catheter abla- tion (RFCA) ...after catheter ablation was estimated at ...after ...
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Early Experience of Novel Oral Anticoagulants in Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Efficacy and Safety Comparison to Warfarin
... Since this was a single-center cohort study that included a se- lective group of patients referred for AF catheter ablation, its results cannot be generalized. Given that most of the previous investigations ...
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Catheter Ablation of Tachyarrhythmias in Small Children
... surgical ablation. Surgical ablation is a precursor to catheter ablation and is much more invasive so is rarely still performed today except in the form of an atrial maze procedure being more ...
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Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Predicting Recurrence
... Catheter ablation requires specialized skill and is still performed in relatively few ...for catheter ablation has not been explored, likely because wait times are not currently a widespread ...
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Combination of doxorubicin liposomes with left atrial appendage radiofrequency catheter ablation to reduce post-ablation recovery of electrical conduction
... The concentration of L-DOX in the LAA on the second day after surgery was higher than that in other regions of the heart. This suggests that the liposomes began to target the LAA and changed the distribution ...
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Echocardiography-guided Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Node and VVI Pacemaker Implantation | WIMJ Open
... for unmarried medical workers or for those without enough protection. In some cases, when the use of X-ray is not suitable, such as during malfunction of X-ray equipment, lack of enough electric power, emergencies ...
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Percutaneous versus thoracoscopic ablation of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a randomised controlled trial - the FAST II study
... Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Versus Surgical Ablation Treatment (FAST) study randomized patients with previously failed CA to thoracoscopic pulmonary vein ablation (PVI) or repeat CA, which ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5079038.pdf
... underwent catheter ablation, which was performed using an endocardial-only (30) or a hybrid endocardial – epicardial procedure ...The catheter ablation lesion set included pulmonary vein ...
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Left atrial voltage remodeling after pulmonary venous isolation with multipolar radiofrequency ablation
... (AF) catheter ablation, but there is a general con- sensus on pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with lesions proximal to the ostia ...AF catheter ablation procedures rely on point-by-point RF ...
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