Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

At my hospital, catheter ablation for the treatment of AF is the most commonly performed procedure in our 5 electrophysiology laboratories, more commonly performed than ablation of all other supraventricular arrhythmias, including atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White sy...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012-09, Vol.60 (13), p.1171-1172
Main Author: Verdino, Ralph J., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Catheters
Hypertension
Internal Medicine
Patients
Success
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Summary:At my hospital, catheter ablation for the treatment of AF is the most commonly performed procedure in our 5 electrophysiology laboratories, more commonly performed than ablation of all other supraventricular arrhythmias, including atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, atrial tachycardia, and atrial flutter, combined. (8) describe their attempt to increase the success rate for catheter ablative treatment of AF by combining their standard procedure of pulmonary vein isolation and focal trigger ablation with renal artery denervation in patients with AF and drug-refractory systemic arterial hypertension.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.034