High-power Short-duration Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinical Review

Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

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...

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...

Radiofrequency ablation in treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Beside heart failure and metabolic syndrome, atrial fibrillation is termed the cardiovascular epidemic of the twenty-first century. Its increased morbidity and mortality is alarming. The present, most effective therapy of atrial fibrillation is catheter ablation. Successful ablation of atrial fibrillation prevents the occurrence and progression of electrical, structural and mechanic myocardium ...

[Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation using radiofrequency].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative atrial fibrillation ablation using radiofrequency during mitral valve procedure. This report describes the early and midterms results. METHODS Between September 2003 and September 2005, 15 patients with mitral disease were operated. All patients were in chronic atrial fibrillation and with congestive symptoms despite full medication. T...