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Author(s): Carlo Pappone , Vincenzo Santinelli Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality.1 Despite important advances in its treatment, AF remains an independent predictor of both morbidity and mortality. Morbidity is related to frequent hospitalisations due to debilitating symptoms, heart failure (HF), stroke and systemic thromboembolism. The rise in… View more
Author(s): Prapa Kanagaratnam Added: 3 years ago
The 4mm deflectable radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheter enabled small necrotic lesions to be created anywhere in the heart, revolutionised the treatment of tachycardias mediated by localised abnormalities such as atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT), accessory pathways and focal atrial tachycardias1 and fuelled the rapid growth of cardiac electrophysiology. The first… View more
Author(s): Laura Vitali Serdoz , Riccardo Cappato Added: 3 years ago
Non-pharmacologic treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved rapidly in the last decade and multiple technical approaches have been developed, starting from surgical atrial linear lesions to transcatheter ablation, leading to progress in AF physiopathology comprehension and to the understanding that a curative therapy for AF may exist, at least for a subgroup of patients. The early… View more