Right atrial mass following transcatheter radiofrequency ablation for recurrent atrial fibrillation: thrombus, endocarditis or mixoma?

Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

Patient in chronic hemodialysis with right atrial mass: thrombus, fungal endocarditis or atrial myxoma?

We present the case report of a 19-year-old patient with chronic kidney disease due to chronic glomerulonephritis, in hemodialysis (HD) by central catheter, with the incidental finding of a mass of 28x16 mm in right atrium (RA). The diagnosis of thrombus, infective endocarditis or myxoma were considered. Given the context of immunosuppression and difficult access vascular therapeutic practice h...

Esophageal injury following radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: injury classification.

Cryoballoon or Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.

BACKGROUND Current guidelines recommend pulmonary-vein isolation by means of catheter ablation as treatment for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Radiofrequency ablation is the most common method, and cryoballoon ablation is the second most frequently used technology. METHODS We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to determine whether cryoballoon ablation was noninferior t...

Radiofrequency ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

INTRODUCTION Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia which represents a major public health problem. The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the Radiofrequency (RF) ablation effects in the patients with chronic AF scheduled for cardiac surgery because of different heart diseases. METHODS The descriptive and prospective study was conducted on 60 patients with AF...