Barbhaiya, Chirag R. Wadhwani, Lalit Manmadhan, Arun Selim, Ahmed Knotts, Robert J. Kushnir, Alexander Spinelli, Michael Jankelson, Lior Bernstein, Scott Park, David
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
Purpose Catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation (AF) were significantly curtailed during the peak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to conserve healthcare resources and limit exposure. There is little data regarding peri-procedural outcomes of medical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. We enacted protocols to safely...
Peltzer, Bradley Lerman, Bruce B. Cheung, Jim W.
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Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
Purpose of reviewIn this review, we provide a practical approach to the catheter ablation of idiopathic focal ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) by summarizing the electrocardiographic (ECG) characteristics, mapping strategies, and ablation techniques for each of the major types of idiopathic VAs. We identify special considerations to be taken when trea...
Inamura, Yukihiro Nitta, Junichi Inaba, Osamu Sato, Akira Takamiya, Tomomasa Murata, Kazuya Ikenouchi, Takashi Kono, Toshikazu Matsumura, Yutaka Takahashi, Yoshihide
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background The clinical characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) resulting from non-pulmonary vein (PV) triggers remain unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with AF caused by non-PV triggers, localization of non-PV foci, clinical differences, and clinical outcomes after catheter ablation in each AF focus...
Lin, Ying Wang, Xian Li, Xue-Bin Wu, Bang-Qi Zhang, Zhao-Hui Guo, Wei-Hua Wu, Cun-Cao Chen, Xin Chen, Ming-Long Dai, Zhong
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Trials
BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia, which is closely related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although acupuncture is used in the treatment of AF, the evidence is insufficient. The objective of this pilot trial is to evaluate the feasibility, preliminary efficacy, and safety of acupuncture in reducing AF burden for ...
Kinoshita, Teruhisa Harada, Mitsunori Takimoto, Norio Shibata, Daichi Sakakibara, Takashi Adachi, Mamoru
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
BackgroundThe effects of general anesthesia with deep sedation and conscious sedation have been compared for sedation management in the perioperative period for radiofrequency catheter ablation of the heart to treat atrial fibrillation. However, there is no consensus as to which drug to use for conscious sedation. This study aimed to investigate an...
González Cañas, Elena Florit López, Salvador Vilagut, Roser Vives Guevara-Noriega, Kerbi Alejandro Santos Espí, Marta Rios, José Soto, Salvador Navarro Giménez Gaibar, Antonio
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Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
The quality of available evidence regarding new minimally invasive techniques to abolish great saphenous vein reflux is moderate. The present study assessed whether radiofrequency ablation (RFA) was noninferior to high ligation and stripping (HLS) and conservative hemodynamic cure for venous insufficiency (CHIVA) for clinical and ultrasound recurre...
SU, Xin DU, Xin LU, Shang-Xin JIANG, Chao DU, Jing XIA, Shi-Jun DONG, Zhao-Jie JIA, Zhao-Xu LONG, De-Yong SANG, Cai-Hua
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Journal of Geriatric Cardiology : JGC
Background It is unclear whether catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) affects the long-term prognosis in the elderly. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between CA and long-term outcomes in elderly patients with AF. Methods Patients more than 75 years old with non-valvular AF were prospectively enrolled between August 2011 ...
Yi, Shaolei Liu, Xiaojun Wang, Wei Chen, Lianghua Yuan, Haitao
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Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
There is an urgent need to understand the difference in the influence of thoracoscopic surgical ablation (TSA) and catheter ablation (CA) on clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of TSA versus CA in patients with AF. Databases includin...
Sepehri Shamloo, Alireza Dagres, Nikolaos Hindricks, Gerhard
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Herz
The new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) were published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) in August 2020. The 2020 guidelines of the ESC on AF summarize the current developments in this field and provide general recomm...
Reddy, S Ashwin Nethercott, Sarah L Chattopadhyay, Rahul Heck, Patrick M Virdee, Mohan S
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Heart, lung & circulation
The widely accepted model for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation involves overnight hospital stay post-procedure. Day case AF ablation has been carried out at Royal Papworth Hospital (RPH) since early 2017. We evaluated the feasibility, safety and efficacy of day case AF ablation at RPH. This was a retrospective, single-centre study of consecutive A...