Update on radiofrequency ablation

JN Markovic, CK Shortell - Perspectives in vascular surgery …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
… limbs with reported anatomical procedural success, and in 70% to 80 % of limbs classified
as having anatomical failure. In 2002, Weiss and Weiss27 reported a retrospective review of a …

Effect of isthmus anatomy and ablation catheter on radiofrequency catheter ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus

A Da Costa, E Faure, J Thévenin, M Messier… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
… Background— Cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) characteristics are rarely documented when
comparing catheters in radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of atrial flutter (AFL). Our objectives were (…

Circumferential radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary vein ostia: a new anatomic approach for curing atrial fibrillation

C Pappone, S Rosanio, G Oreto, M Tocchi, F Gugliotta… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
… LA ablation alone and comparable to those of biatrial ablation … Thus, our anatomy-based RF
lesions may have altered AF … by the acute SR restoration during ablation in 64% of patients. …

Topographic anatomy of the inferior pyramidal space: relevance to radiofrequency catheter ablation

D SÁNCHEZ‐QUINTANA, SY Ho… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… Two studies specifically addressing the possible effects on nearby coronary arteries
following radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways along the mitral and tricuspid orifices …

Innervation of the anterior capsule of the human knee: implications for radiofrequency ablation

CD Franco, A Buvanendran, JD Petersohn… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2015 - rapm.bmj.com
… knee capsule from the perspective of the interventional pain practitioner. … anatomical basis
for Choi and colleagues’ ablation technique, the most common technique used for RF ablation

Multimodality imaging for patient evaluation and guidance of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation—current status and future perspective

P Bhagirath, AWM van der Graaf, R Karim… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… for the various phases of the ablation work-up eg patient … pulmonary vein and left atrial
ablation divided into stages: pre… anatomy), peri-procedural stage (integration of anatomical

Stereotaxy: breaking the limits of current radiofrequency ablation techniques

R Bale, G Widmann, DIR Stoffner - European journal of radiology, 2010 - Elsevier
… in relation to the anatomical obstacles (ribs, lung, hollow organs, vessels, etc.), an optimal
3D distribution of the probes and of the respective overlapping ablation spheres are hardly …

Atrial fibrillation: multi–detector row CT of pulmonary vein anatomy prior to radiofrequency catheter ablation—initial experience

MRM Jongbloed, MS Dirksen, JJ Bax, E Boersma… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
… vein anatomy prior to radiofrequency ablation is therefore mandatory to facilitate an
anatomically based ablation … vein anatomy prior to radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures. …

Radiofrequency ablation of the liver: current status

JP McGahan, GD Dodd III - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… or laser ablation. This article will review the current status of radiofrequency ablation in the
… our criteria can be treated by radiofrequency ablation. However, patients with potentially …

How anatomy can guide ablation in isthmic atrial flutter

JA Cabrera, SY Ho, D Sanchez-Quintana - Europace, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… projection) for constructing a complete linear line with RF ablation. In some cases with a large
and … open the perspective to use real preprocedural anatomic information to guide isthmus …