Bipolar ablation with contact force‐sensing of swine ventricles shows improved acute lesion features compared to sequential unipolar ablation

F Soucek, G Caluori, F Lehar, J Jez… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Despite technical progress, ventricular tachycardia (VT) recurrence after
unipolar ablation remains relatively high (12%‐47%). Bipolar ablation has been proposed …

The industrialization of ablation: a highly standardized and reproducible workflow for radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation

T De Potter, TD Hunter, LM Boo… - Journal of Interventional …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background or Purpose The purpose of this analysis was to report on efficacy of a
standardized workflow for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using technology advances such as …

[HTML][HTML] ФАКТОРЫ, АССОЦИИРОВАННЫЕ С ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬЮ РАДИОЧАСТОТНОЙ КАТЕТЕРНОЙ АБЛАЦИИ ФИБРИЛЛЯЦИИ ПРЕДСЕРДИЙ: МНЕНИЕ …

ЕН Михайлов, НЗ Гасымова, СА Айвазьян… - Вестник …, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
В настоящем документе изложены обзор современных проблем и тенденций в
катетерном лечении фибрилляции предсердий, анализ мнений специалистов об …

Risk of esophageal thermal injury during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation guided by different ablation index

ZW Zhang, P Zhang, RH Jiang, Q Liu… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background During ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), energy delivery toward the left atrial
posterior wall may cause esophageal injury (EI). Ablation index (AI) was introduced to …

Slit-based irrigation catheters can reduce procedure-related ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation

YG Kim, J Shim, KY Boo, DY Kim, KN Lee, JI Choi… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Open irrigation ablation catheters are now the standard in radiofrequency catheter ablation
(RFCA) of atrial fibrillation (AF). Among various irrigation catheters, laser-cut slit-based …

Innovative tools for atrial fibrillation ablation

L Rottner, D Waddell, T Lin, A Metzner… - Expert Review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) is an effective treatment option
with encouraging clinical outcome data. Further improvement of catheter technologies is …

A Prospective Registry of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with the Ablation Index Technology: Rationale and Study Design

NZ Gasimova, GV Kolunin, EA Artyukhina, EA Ivanitsky… - Cardiology, 2020 - karger.com
This is a prospective multicenter registry of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation with the Ablation
Index (AI) technology, which has been introduced as a marker predicting ablation lesion …

Regional differences in the effects of the ablation index and interlesion distance on acute electrical reconnections after pulmonary vein isolation

K Yazaki, K Ejima, S Higuchi, D Yagishita… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background In pulmonary vein isolation, the regional differences in the ablation index (AI)
and interlesion distance (ILD) remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the association …

Amplitude reduction of autonomic nerve function is correlated with ablation lesion quality in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

SZ Liu, XM Shi, HY Guo, YT Wang, ZL Shan - Journal of Electrocardiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) is a common procedure that is
performed on patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, AF may recur in some patients …

[HTML][HTML] Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in a low-volume center using contemporary technology

JCK Tay, XJ Cai, J Lin, S Liang, AL Him… - IJC Heart & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Catheter ablation is increasingly being performed worldwide for atrial fibrillation
(AF). However, there are concerns of lower success rates and higher complications of AF …