Title: Ablation Strategies in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Abstract: This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Definition of atrial fibrillation Surgical origins of catheter ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation From linear ablation to pulmonary vein isolation Expansion of left atrial targets in chronic atrial fibrillation Results of techniques incorporating novel ablation targets Stepwise ablation approach for chronic atrial fibrillation Technique of stepwise ablation The importance of discrete anatomic sites for termination of atrial fibrillation Cumulative benefits of the stepwise approach Atrial fibrillation inducibility testing Acute procedural outcome Arrhythmia recurrence post catheter ablation Effects of catheter ablation on atrial electrical and mechanical properties Factors predictive of procedural AF termination Future directions for ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation Conclusion References
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-04-18
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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