Remote Controlled Magnetic Navigation and Ablation with 3D Image Integration as an Alternative Approach in Patients with Intra-Atrial Baffle Anatomy Running title: Ernst et al.; Magnetic navigation in congenital heart disease

Remote-controlled magnetic navigation and ablation with 3D image integration as an alternative approach in patients with intra-atrial baffle anatomy.

BACKGROUND Improvement in outcome of infants born with congenital heart defects has been accompanied by an increasing frequency of late arrhythmias. Ablation is difficult because of multiple tachycardias in the presence of complex anatomy with limited accessibility. We report on remote-controlled ablation using magnetic navigation in conjunction with 3D image integration in patients with previo...

Contemporary outcomes of supraventricular tachycardia ablation in congenital heart disease: a single-center experience in 116 patients.

BACKGROUND Remote magnetic navigation-guided ablation with 3-dimensional (3D)-image integration could provide maximum benefit in patients with complex anatomy. We reviewed supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ablation in adult patients with congenital heart disease to assess the contribution of these technologies. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred fifty-four SVT ablation procedures (228 SVTs) usi...

Remote magnetic catheter navigation: more than just bells and whistles ?

Catheter ablation is nowadays an established treatment modality for both atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Manual navigation of the ablation catheter can be challenging in patients with a complex cardiac anatomy due to, for example, (surgically corrected or palliated) congenital heart defects, resulting in a long procedure time and excessive X-ray exposure. In the past decades, sophistic...

Remote Controlled Magnetic Navigation and Ablation with 3 D Image Integration as an Alternative Approach in Patients with Intra - Atrial

Utility of noninvasive arrhythmia mapping in patients with adult congenital heart disease.

Arrhythmia management in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is a challenge on many levels, as tachycardic episodes may lead to hemodynamic impairment in otherwise compensated patients even if episodes are only transient. Recently several technical advances, including 3-dimensional (3D) image integration, 3D mapping, and remote magnetic navigation, have been introduced to facili...