Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Transvenous Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation

Transvenous radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) for treatment of atrioventricular (AV) reentrant tachycardia and AV nodal reentrant tachycardia is remarkably successful. To the best of my knowledge, there has not been a large randomized trial comparing RFA with other treatments for these tachycardias. The lack of such trials is due at least in part to the self-evident efficacy of RFA in this...

Complications of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) has evolved as an effective treatment modality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, complication rates associated with RFA of AF have been cited in the range of 3.5 - 5% with the majority consisting of cardiac tamponade, vascular complications, and thromboembolic phenomena. In this review, the complications of AF ablation will be discussed a...

Cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

OBJECTIVES We sought to compare the cost-effectiveness of left atrial catheter ablation (LACA), amiodarone, and rate control therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). BACKGROUND Left atrial catheter ablation has been performed to eliminate AF, but its cost-effectiveness is unknown. METHODS We developed a decision-analytic model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of LACA in 55- ...

Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

Bloating after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.