Clinical review of radiofrequency catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias.

R Yee, S Connolly, H Noorani - The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2003 - europepmc.org
Clinical tachycardias are a major cause of morbidity with detrimental effects on quality of life,
physical activity and health care costs. Catheter ablation delivered by radiofrequency energy …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation: the first decade.

C Sorbera, M Cohen, J Christiana - Heart Disease (Hagerstown, Md …, 1999 - europepmc.org
Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) has become a safe and effective procedure for
treatment of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmia in children and adults. Anatomic …

Catheter ablation procedures: role of nation-wide registries

A Da Costa - Europace, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Since its introduction in the early 1990s, a number of studies have demonstrated the efficacy
of radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) mainly in supra-ventricular arrhythmias. 1–4 …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation for various tachyarrhythmias: Experience in the Bangkok Heart Institute

O Raungratanaamporn… - Journal of the …, 2003 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is the first-line therapy for various
tachyarrhythmias. The authors reports experience of RFCA for various types of …

Cost effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation in the treatment of symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

PJ Kertes, JM Kalman, AM Tonkin - 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The recent advent of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation as a curative
therapy for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias has challenged the role of long term drug …

Catheter ablation using radiofrequency energy

M Borggrefe, G Hindricks, W Haverkamp… - Clinical …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, transvenous catheter ablation using radiofrequency impulses has been applied in
experimental animals as well as in humans. This review describes the biophysics …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation: indications and complications

AM Dubin, GF Van Hare - Pediatric cardiology, 2000 - Springer
Radiofrequency catheter ablation was first described in pediatric patients in the early 1990s.
Since then, multiple advances in the technology and understanding of radiofrequency …

Complications associated with radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias

P Angkeow, HG Calkins - Cardiology in Review, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Catheter ablation using radiofrequency energy has evolved as a safe and effective means
for the treatment of various supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. Despite the overall …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia.

L Moulton, J Grant, B Miller, K Moulton - Heart & Lung: the Journal …, 1993 - europepmc.org
Radiofrequency catheter-mediated ablation is a recently developed technique of achieving
cure of certain rhythm disorders, notably supraventricular tachycardia. In less than a decade …

Management of patients pre-, per-and postcatheter ablation procedures: how to minimize complications?

D Altmann, G Hindricks, A Arya… - Minerva …, 2011 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Catheter ablation using radiofrequency energy has become an accepted and safe treatment
of cardiac arrhythmias. Nevertheless, it is important to determine the risk-to-benefit ratio of a …