Clinical efficacy of open-irrigated electrode cooled with half-normal saline for initially failed radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias.
Abigail Louise D TeJennifer-Jeanne B ViceraYenn-Jiang LinShih-Lin ChangLi-Wei LoYu-Feng HuChin-Yu LinTa-Chuan TuanTze Fan ChaoJo-Nan LiaoTing-Yung ChangSimon SalimChih-Min LiuChieh-Mao ChuangChun-Chao ChenChye-Gen ChinCheng-I WuChing-Yao ChouChung-Hsing LinPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
HNS-irrigated ablation after failed standard PNSS-irrigated ablation is safe and additionally improves acute ablation success by 67.7% for idiopathic OT-VA but with a higher rate of recurrence on follow-up. Whether the application of HNS as initial irrigant could result in better outcome requires further investigation.