Lessons learned in attempting catheter-based interatrial electrical disconnection for nonpharmacologic rate control of atrial fibrillation or flutter.
José Luis Ibáñez CriadoAlicia IbáñezTeresa BarrioMercedes OrtizRaquel AjoEduardo CastellanosSantiago HerasThomas BrouzetJessica SánchezMaría AjoEnrique GarciaJuan Gabriel MartínezFrancisco SogorbJesús AlmendralPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
Interatrial electrical disconnection by right atrial catheter ablation is a not feasible with present day technology. The extensive right atrial septal ablation performed resulted in significant AV nodal modulation in most patients, which persisted and resulted in improvement in quality of life.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- end stage renal disease
- oral anticoagulants
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- left ventricular
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- squamous cell carcinoma
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- ultrasound guided
- radiation therapy
- rectal cancer
- radiofrequency ablation
- patient reported
- locally advanced