Verma, Atul Kaplan, Alexander J. Sarak, Bradley Oosthuizen, Richard Beardsall, Marianne Higgenbottam, Jan Wulffhart, Zaev Khaykin, Yaariv
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
BackgroundThe incidence, risk factors, and management of very high defibrillation thresholds (DFTs) during present-day implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) testing are not well known.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to assess (1) the incidence of very high DFTs and (2) the efficacy/safety of routinely adding a subcutaneous (SQ) array...
Rillig, Andreas Meyerfeldt, Udo Birkemeyer, Ralf Treusch, Fabian Kunze, Markus Miljak, Tomislav Zvereva, Vlada Jung, Werner
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
IntroductionRecently, results describing pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) on patients using a robotic navigation system (RNS) in a high-volume center specialized in pulmonary vein isolation were published. The main purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the learning curve of new users of RNS in a community hospital and to address the effec...
Noheria, Amit Roshan, John Kapa, Suraj Srivathsan, Komandoor Packer, Douglas L. Asirvatham, Samuel J.
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
BackgroundAtrial septal defects (ASD), including patent foramen ovale, have been linked to an increased prevalence of migraine headaches in the general population. A similar association with migraine is speculated for iatrogenic ASD due to atrial septal puncture during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).MethodsA total of 2,069 patients ...
Oswald, Hanno Klein, Gunnar Koenig, Thorben Luesebrink, Ulrich Duncker, David Gardiwal, Ajmal
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
PurposeModulation of the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system (ICANS) has been described to occur during radiofrequency pulmonary vein (PV) isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and has been controversially proposed to increase clinical success. Energy source used for PV isolation might influence ICANS modulation. The effect of ba...
Hoyer, Friedrich Felix Lickfett, Lars Martin Mittmann-Braun, Erica Ruland, Charlotte Kreuz, Jens Pabst, Stefan Schrickel, Jan Juergens, Uwe Tasci, Selcuk Nickenig, Georg
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
ObjectivesTo address the question whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with the recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients treated with ≥2 pulmonary vein isolation procedures.Patients and MethodsIn this study, we included adults with therapy-resistant symptomatic paroxysmal AF, defined as AF recurring after ≥2 PV-i...
Gerstenfeld, Edward P. Michele, John
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
IntroductionThe incidence of pulmonary vein reconnection and recurrent atrial fibrillation after a single catheter ablation procedure is unacceptably high. We studied the ability of a novel endoscopic laser balloon ablation system (EAS) to achieve acute and chronic pulmonary vein (PV) isolation in a swine model.MethodsEight swine underwent EAS abla...
Maury, Philippe Delmas, Clement Trouillet, Charlotte Slaughter, Mark S. Lairez, Olivier Galinier, Michel Roncalli, Jerome Bertrand, David Mathevet, Lydie Duparc, Alexandre
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
We report the first case of percutaneous radio-frequency (RF) ablation procedure in a patient implanted with a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device for refractory heart failure. This procedure was performed for poorly tolerated recurrent atrial arrhythmias. No harmful consequence happened during or after the procedure despite the potential e...
Maagh, Petra van Bracht, Marc Butz, Thomas Trappe, Hans-Joachim Meissner, Axel
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
PurposeThe high density mesh ablator (HDMA), a mesh electrode catheter using radiofrequency delivery for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), has been shown to have a high acute ablation success rate. The primary endpoint of our study was the efficacy of HDMA to maintain sinus rhythm (SR), and the secondary endp...
Fishberger, Steven B. Asnes, Jeremy D. Rollinson, Nancy L. Cleman, Michael W.
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
Late sequelea following a Mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) include atrial arrhythmias and dysfunction of the systemic right ventricle. Catheter mapping and ablation of atrial tachycardia in the setting of significant right ventricular dysfunction may result in hemodynamic compromise. We report the novel use of the Imp...
Kanjwal, Khalil Karabin, Beverly Sheikh, Mujeeb Kanjwal, Yousuf Grubb, Blair P.
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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
BackgroundAutonomic dysfunction presenting as inappropriate sinus tachycardia has been reported to occur following slow pathway ablation for atrioventricular node tachycardia. We report on a series of patients who developed new onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) following successful radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular no...
