Leung, Lisa Wm Gallagher, Mark M Santangeli, Pasquale Tschabrunn, Cory Guerra, Jose M Campos, Bieito Hayat, Jamal Atem, Folefac Mickelsen, Steven Kulstad, Erik
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
Thermal damage to the esophagus is a risk from radiofrequency (RF) ablation of the left atrium for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The most extreme type of thermal injury results in atrio-esophageal fistula (AEF) and a correspondingly high mortality rate. Various strategies for reducing esophageal injury have been developed, including po...
Saleh, Moussa Coleman, Kristie M Vaishnav, Aditi S Shein, Jamie Makker, Parth Skipitaris, Nicholas Mountantonakis, Stavros E
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Ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) requires electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins (PV) by wide-area circumferential PV antral isolation (PVAI). Cryoballoon ablation delivers cryoenergy circumferentially after occlusion of the PV by the cryoballoon; thus, it is likely that the level of isolation, determined by adequate balloon-tissue contac...
Shoji, Masaaki Inaba, Koji Itami, Jun Hamada, Minoru Okamoto, Hiroyuki Iwasa, Takeshi Ushigusa, Takeshi Yoshida, Masayuki Matsuyama, Taka-Aki Otsuka, Takayuki
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Although catheter ablation is an effective therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF), risks remain and improved efficacy is desired. Stereotactic radiotherapy is a well-established therapy used to noninvasively treat malignancies with precision. We sought to evaluate stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) as a therapeutic option for treating AF. T...
Lugtu, Isaiah C Hu, Yu-Feng Lin, Yenn-Jiang Walia, Rohit Liu, Chih-Min Chang, Shih-Lin Chung, Fa-Po Liao, Jo-Nan Lo, Li-Wei Chen, Shih-Ann
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Reports concerning clinical characteristics of cor triatriatum and approaches for catheter ablation of complex atrial tachyarrhythmias remain limited. Here, we describe successful catheter ablation treatments for complex atrial tachyarrhythmias in patients with cor triatriatum and address the clinical caveats. Demographic characteristics, electroph...
Nakano, Masahiro Kondo, Yusuke Kajiyama, Takatsugu Miyazawa, Kazuo Nakano, Miyo Hayashi, Tomohiko Ito, Ryo Takahira, Haruhiro Kitagawa, Mari Kobayashi, Yoshio
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The classification using QRS morphology of V1 lead is a useful simple predictor of accessory pathway location (type A, R or Rs pattern; type B, rS pattern; type C, QS or Qr pattern), but often leads to misdiagnosis of accessory pathway location, especially in types B and C. The synthesized 18-lead electrocardiography (ECG) derived from standard 12-...
Calkins, Hugh Natale, Andrea Gomez, Tara Etlin, Alex Bishara, Moe
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There is limited data on the specific incidence of serious adverse events, such as atrioesophageal fistula (AEF), associated with either contact force (CF) or non-CF ablation catheters. Since the actual number of procedures performed with each type of catheter is unknown, making direct comparisons is difficult. The purpose of this study was to asse...
Sharma, Sharan Prakash Kondur, Ashok Gopinathannair, Rakesh Kamerzell, Timothy Mansour, Moussa Mahapatra, Srijoy Bartus, Krzysztof Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya
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Atrial fibrillation and flutter are well-known causes of stroke. Whether other atrial arrhythmias categorized as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) are associated with stroke is less clear. We aimed to evaluate the association of PSVT with ischemic and embolic stroke and its impact on short-term outcomes in hospitalized stroke patients....
Topf, Albert Motloch, Lukas J Kraus, Johannes Danmayr, Franz Mirna, Moritz Schernthaner, Christiane Hoppe, Uta C Strohmer, Bernhard
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A 62-year-old pacemaker-dependent patient presented to our department with a sudden onset of reduced physical capacity. While initial physical and pacemaker evaluations remained without specific findings, Holter-ECG monitoring revealed an abnormal rate response with unusual pauses during physical exercise. Consequently, closer evaluation of the pac...
Herczeg, Szilvia Walsh, Katie Keaney, John J Keelan, Edward Travers, John Szeplaki, Gabor Galvin, Joseph
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Left atrial (LA) fibrosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation (AF). It may be identified by bipolar voltage (BiV) mapping, but quantification of fibrosis which previously relied on visual estimation of scar has been shown to be inaccurate. Our aim was to use a novel automated voltage histogram analysi...
Reinsch, Nico Füting, Anna Buchholz, Jochen Ruprecht, Ute Holzendorf, Volker Buschmeier, Felix Kälsch, Hagen Neven, Kars
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Radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (peAF) is associated with less favorable outcomes than for paroxysmal AF (PAF). Recent studies have shown improved clinical outcomes with use of ablation index (AI) targets for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in PAF. AI is a novel ablation quality marker that incorporates conta...
