Ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) Past, present and future

P Jaïs, R Weerasooriya, DC Shah… - Cardiovascular …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
fibrillation is curable. These approaches are far from being perfect but good enough to be …
for ablation therapy of AF. Ablation, Arrhythmia (mechanisms), Atrial function, Supraventr. …

Atrial fibrillation therapy now and in the future: drugs, biologicals, and ablation

CE Woods, J Olgin - Circulation research, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
… more directed therapeutic approaches. In addition, novel antiarrhythmics with more atrial
specific effects may reduce limiting proarrhythmic side effects. Advances in ablation therapy are …

[HTML][HTML] Radiofrequency ablation as initial therapy in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

J Cosedis Nielsen, A Johannessen… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
… 294 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and no history of … radiofrequency catheter
ablation (146 patients) or therapy with … therapy failed, supplementary ablation of atrial fibrillation

Catheter ablation vs antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review

A Noheria, A Kumar, JV Wylie… - Archives of internal …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
… Because 3 of 4 trials in this meta-analysis did not look at first-line therapy, it is difficult to say
based on our results whether using catheter ablation therapy as the first-line treatment is a …

Clinical outcomes after ablation and pacing therapy for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

MA Wood, C Brown-Mahoney, GN Kay… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
… This study supports the use of ablation and pacing therapy to benefit patients with … atrial
fibrillation. The results of 5 small, randomized trials comparing ablation and pacing therapy with …

Catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation

B Finta, DE Haines - Cardiology clinics, 2004 - cardiology.theclinics.com
The rationale for ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) may be placed in the wider context of the
rationale for making any attempt to maintain sinus rhythm (SR). The first and foremost reason …

Why atrial fibrillation ablation should be considered first-line therapy for some patients

A Verma, A Natale - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
ablation has reached “prime time,” and it appears appropriate that we expand its indications.
We believe that it is now appropriate to offer AF ablation as first-line therapy … to AF ablation. …

[HTML][HTML] Cryoballoon ablation as initial therapy for atrial fibrillation

OM Wazni, G Dandamudi, N Sood, R Hoyt… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
… was observed, and ablation was associated with more … ablation as compared with drug
therapy as an initial treatment strategy in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Ablation versus drug therapy for atrial fibrillation in heart failure: results from the CABANA trial

DL Packer, JP Piccini, KH Monahan, HR Al-Khalidi… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
ablation in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who have the clinical phenotype of heart failure. …
CABANA) Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation trial there …

Comparison of antiarrhythmic drug therapy and radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled trial

DJ Wilber, C Pappone, P Neuzil, A De Paola… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
… A single self-limited recurrence of atrial arrhythmia following therapy may be an overly …
In our study, catheter ablation therapy was associated with an early and sustained reduction …