Lung tumors represent a major health impact globally. Pulmonary cryoablation treatment as a palliative measure for patients with non-operable pulmonary lesions has gained popularity over the last decade. With increasing case load and patients medical status becoming more complex, preparation for pulmonary cryoablation requires the implementation of an enhanced perioperative anesthetic plan. Cur...

Introduction Since its first human application in 1998, transcatheter cryoablation has emerged as a viable alternative to radiofrequency ablation. Its enhanced safety profile, including an obligatory phase of reversible tissue inhibition prior to permanent cellular damage, has rendered cryoablation an attractive treatment option for perinodal and peri-Hissian substrates. Several factors may inf...

BACKGROUND Renal sympathetic nerves are involved in the reflective activation of the sympathetic nervous system in circulatory control. Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) ameliorated treatment-resistant hypertension safely, but 10%-20% of treated patients are nonresponders to radiofrequency denervation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety and efficiency of cryoablation f...

We use cryoablation as the treatment of choice for AF (atrial ®brillation): the technique consists of a linear cryoablation at 2608C connecting the four pulmonary veins and the posterior mitral lea ̄et. Incomplete ablation of atrial myocytes may be responsible for AF recurrence should cryoablation be incomplete (i.e. non-transmural) because of associated atrial hypertrophy [1]. In fact should an...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and assess any inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP)-related complications in patients with organ-confined prostate cancer treated definitively with third-generation, ultrasound-guided prostate cryoablation. MATERIAL AND METHODS From November 2003 to October 2010, we identified 100 consecutive patients with clinically organ-confined prostate cancer who were treated with tar...

Background: Following the lead of lumpectomy for breast cancer, focal therapy for prostate cancer was introduced in order to limit morbidity while providing good cancer control. Focal therapy is now an established trend in prostate cancer management, but long-term data have not been available. This report presents results on 70 patients treated with focal cryoablation, followed for an average o...

INTRODUCTION Cryoablation is used increasingly for the treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). We sought to compare the long-term outcomes of cryoablation (Cryo) vs. radiofrequency (RF) ablation for the treatment of AVNRT in children. METHODS Two groups of consecutive patients were analyzed retrospectively: the RF group, 20 patients (60% males, mean age 13.25 +/- 2....

BACKGROUND Catheter radiofrequency ablation of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) arising from the left ventricle's papillary muscles has been associated with inconsistent results. The use of cryoenergy versus radiofrequency has not been compared yet. This study compares outcomes and complications of catheter ablation of VA from the papillary muscles of the left ventricle with either cryoenergy or r...

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was to demonstrate the added value of routine transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for correctly positioning the transseptal system in the fossa ovalis (FO), thus potentially preventing complications during fluoroscopy-guided transseptal puncture (TP), and for assessing the optimal puncture site within the FO according to the expected procedure type. METHODS ...

Cryoablation is a percutaneous procedure for treating solid tumors using needle-like instruments. This paper presents an interventional guidance device for faster and more accurate alignment and insertion of multiple probes during cryoablation performed in closed bore magnetic resonance (MR) imaging systems. The device is compact and is intended to be mounted onto a Siemens 110 mm MR loop coil....