Atrial Fibrillation (Part 2) - Catheter Ablation.
Eduardo B SaadAndré D'AvilaPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2021)
More than 20 years since its initial use, catheter ablation has become a routinely performed procedure for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Initially based on the electrical isolation of pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal AF, subsequent advances in the understanding of pathophysiology led to additional techniques not only to achieve better results, but also to treat patients with persistent forms of arrhythmia, as well as patients with structural heart disease and heart failure.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- pulmonary hypertension
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- minimally invasive
- inferior vena cava
- acute heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- venous thromboembolism
- combination therapy