Electrophysiology Section, Duke Heart Center, Duke University Hospital & Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC. Electronic address: jonathan.piccini@duke.edu.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Electrophysiology Section, AIG Hospitals Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Research, Mindspace Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, India; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrophysiology Section, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Electrophysiology Section, AIG Hospitals Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Research, Mindspace Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, India. Electronic address: calambur1@gmail.com.
Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is characterized by episodes of rapid tachycardia with sudden onset and sudden termination. PSVT treatment has evolved considerably over the past 30 year...
We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare safety and effectiveness of PSVT ablation between the Jinjiang and Johnson (J&J) catheters in 57 patients in our hospital....
Patients were randomly assigned to ablation procedures using either the Jinjiang system or the J&J Carto system. Follow-up was performed 3 days, 1, and 6 months after the procedure. Success rate, abla...
The Jinjiang catheter for radiofrequency ablation of PSVT is as safe and effective as the J&J catheter....
The use of contact force (CF) sensing catheters has provided a revolutionary improvement in catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the past decade. However, the success rate of CA for A...
The TRUEFORCE trial (Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation using FireMagic TrueForce Ablation Catheter) is a multicenter, prospective, single-arm objective performance criteria study of AF patients...
A total of 120 patients (118 with paroxysmal AF) were included in this study, and 112 patients included in the per-protocol analysis. Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) was achieved in 100% of the patient...
This study demonstrated the clinical feasibility of FireMagic force-sensing ablation catheter in CA of AF, with a satisfactory short- and long-term efficacy and safety....
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) slow pathway modification for catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is traditionally performed using a 4-mm nonirrigated (NI) RF ablat...
Acute procedural outcomes of 200 consecutive patients undergoing slow pathway modification for AVNRT were analyzed. A 3.5-mm ICFS RFA catheter (ThermoCool SmartTouch STSF, Biosense Webster, Inc.) was ...
The baseline characteristics of patients in both groups were similar. Total RF time was significantly lower in the ICFS group compared to the NI group (5.53 ± 4.6 vs. 6.24 ± 4.9 min, p = 0.03). Median...
Slow pathway modification for catheter ablation of AVNRT using an ICFS RFA catheter is feasible, safe, and may facilitate shorter duration ablation while avoiding ablation in close proximity to the Hi...
Catheter ablation of arrhythmias is now standard of care in invasive electrophysiology. Current ablation strategies are based on the use of thermal energy. With continuous efforts to optimize thermal ...
The management of ventricular tachycardias (VT), which are often associated with severe cardiac disease, is a challenging clinical task. The structural damage to the myocardium associated with cardiom...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of totally thoracoscopic ablation (TTA) in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after radiofrequency catheter ablation (...
From February 2012 to May 2020, 460 patients who underwent TTA were classified into two groups: CA (presence of RFCA history, n = 74) and nCA groups (absence of RFCA history, n = 386). Inverse probabi...
Bilateral pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) was conducted in all patients and the conduction block tests were confirmed. In the CA group, difficult PVI occasionally occurred due to structural changes, su...
Patients in the CA group showed a higher recurrence rate of AF than those in the nCA group, while TTA was safely performed in both the groups....
There is insufficient information regarding the bleeding sites and surgical strategies of cardiac tamponade during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF)....
Of the five patients with cardiac tamponade, three required surgical intervention and two required pericardiocentesis. In the first case of three cardiac tamponades requiring surgical intervention, co...
When cardiac tamponade occured in any patient with LA diverticulum, treatment could not be completed with pericardiocentesis alone, and thoracotomy was likely to be necessary. If the bleeding point co...
Hemodynamic decompensation during catheter ablation occurs due to prolonged procedure time and irrigant delivery directly into the cardiac chambers. Real-time hemodynamic monitoring of patients underg...
We studied 13 consecutive who underwent pressure measurement of the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV) via transeptal access with a Swan Ganz (SG) catheter followed by two commercially available...
Comparison between the SG and ablation catheters (AblA; AblB) demonstrated that LV systolic pressure (0.61-16.8 mmHg; 1.32-18.2 mmHg), and LV end-diastolic pressure (-3.4 to 2.8 mmHg; -3.0 to 3.35 mmH...
Pressure measurements derived from an irrigated ablation catheter are accurate and reliable when compared to an SG catheter. Further studies are needed to determine how real-time pressure monitoring c...
Imaging plays a crucial role in the therapy of ventricular tachycardia (VT). We offer an overview of the different methods and provide information on their use in a clinical setting....
The use of imaging in VT has progressed recently. Intracardiac echography facilitates catheter navigation and the targeting of moving intracardiac structures. Integration of pre-procedural CT or MRI a...
Accessory atrioventricular pathways (APs) are the most common tachycardia substrate for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in the young. Endocardial catheter ablation of AP may be unsuccessful in up t...
The purpose of this study was to obtain data on ablation of accessory pathways within the coronary venous system (CVS) in the young....
Analysis of feasibility, outcome, and safety in patients ≤18 years with coronary sinus accessory pathways (CS-APs) and catheter ablation via CVS in a tertiary pediatric electrophysiological referral c...
Twenty-four individuals underwent mapping and intended AP ablation within the CVS (age 2.7-17.3 years; body weight 15.0-72.0 kg). Because of proximity to the coronary artery, ablation was withheld in ...
Success of CS-AP ablation in the young was comparable to that of endocardial AP ablation. Substantial risk of coronary artery injury should be considered when CS-AP ablation is performed in the young....
