Bridging the Generation Gap in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Technologies
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New technologies in atrial fibrillation ablation.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major public health issue worldwide, the incidence of which is likely to continue to rise. With the birth of pulmonary vein isolation(PVI), cardiac ablation has emerged as key strategy for the treatment of AF. PVI using traditional point by point radiofrequency ablation is time consuming and technically challenging. Refining patient selection for PVI also remains a...
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Introduction Atrial fibrillation(AF) remains the most common sustained arrhythmia in the United States affecting greater than 3 million individuals, a number likely to rise dramatically by 2015.1 AF is associated with symptoms such as a palpitations, lightheadedness, fatigue, and may precipitate heart failure. In addition, it has been associated with an increased risk for stroke, increased hosp...
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Fueled by dissatisfaction with pharmacologic strategies to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), the results of basic and clinical investigation into the understanding of AF initiation and maintenance mechanisms, and the explosive development in catheter-based technologies, AF ablation has matured from a purely investigational technique to a preferred, safe, and effective approach for curing AF, part...
متن کاملAblation of atrial fibrillation.
Recognition that the initiation of atrial fibrillation often is dependent on arrhythmogenic foci within the pulmonary veins1 opened a new chapter in our understanding of the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation, which in turn has led to dramatic improvements in our ability to ablate atrial fibrillation. Based on experimental studies and clinical studies that used a variety of catheter and surgical...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2405-500X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.11.002