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Author(s):
Jean-Paul Albenque
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Arnaud Chaumeil
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Stephane Combes
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et al
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3 years ago
In the setting of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), the current ablation strategy combines pulmonary vein (PV) isolation and substrate modulation. Substrate modulation can be performed either by linear lesion deployment or by complex fractionated atrial electrogram (CFE) elimination. These two substrate modulation methods can be either exclusive or complementary. However, although the…
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Author(s):
Michela Casella
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Francesco Perna
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Antonio Dello Russo
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et al
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3 years ago
In developed countries, the number of atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation procedures increases every year. Continuous scientific and technological innovation in the area of AF ablation has broadened the spectrum of therapeutic options for patients with AF, and it is likely to be a contributing factor in making AF ablation a practice no longer restricted to a few operators with greater…
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Author(s):
Dipen Shah
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3 years ago
Since the first description of catheter ablation for focally initiated atrial fibrillation and focal atrial fibrillation in 1995, the popularity of this catheter intervention has grown practically exponentially and the ablation strategy underlying the intervention has evolved considerably. From ‘point’ ablation within the pulmonary venous vasculature,1 ablation has progressed through circular…
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Novel Approaches for AF Ablation
Author(s):
Giulio La Rosa
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Jorge G Quintanilla
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Ricardo Salgado
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et al
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2 years ago
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Author(s):
Alexander Feldman
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Jonathan M Kalman
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3 years ago
Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) is the least common type of supraventricular tachycardia, accounting for 5–15% of cases presenting to the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory for ablation.1 Focal AT is defined by the presence of a discrete atrial focus with centrifugal spread of atrial activation away from that site.2 It is generally poorly responsive to pharmacological therapy and may be responsible…
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Author(s):
Josef Kautzner
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Petr Peichl
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Rune Paamand
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et al
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4 months ago
Author(s):
Carlo Pappone
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Luigi Giannelli
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Vincenzo Santinelli
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3 years ago
Traditionally, radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is performed using a rigid single-tip, point-by-point technique, which is often time consuming and requires a high degree of operator skill.1–8 A significant number of complications may be associated with rigid irrigated-tip catheters, including but not limited to thromboembolism, pulmonary vein stenosis and atrio-oesophageal fistulae.1–3…
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Author(s):
Gheorghe-Andrei Dan
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3 years ago
“The tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by ugly facts.”
– Thomas Huxley
The 2016 AF European guidelines specifies that the rhythm control strategy – irrespective of method – exclusively addresses the control of symptoms and improvement of quality of life, autonomy and social functioning.1 The exception, obviously, is the vital indication of acute rhythm restoration in…
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Author(s):
Andreas Pflaumer
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Gabriele Hessling
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3 years ago
Advances in the treatment of complex congenital heart disease over the past 20 years have led to a dramatic improvement in long-term survival.1 However, the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias as a sequel of palliative heart surgery has also increased significantly in adolescent and adult survivors of congenital heart disease surgery.1,2 Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of emergency…
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Author(s):
John M Miller
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Anil V Yadav
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3 years ago
In the nearly 30 years since Wellens et al. categorized most of the currently used electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria for distinguishing supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) with aberrant interventricular conduction from ventricular tachycardia (VT),1 there have been relatively infrequent and largely incremental enhancements to the art and science of making this distinction. In most published…
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