[PDF] Top 20 catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation João Morais

... composite of stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA), systemic or pulmonary ...deficit of presumed cerebrovascular aeti- ology lasting for ...imaging of the brain. If symptoms were short lasting ... See full document

... statistic of 25% to 50% were considered to have low heterogeneity, those with an I 2 statistic of 50% to 75% were considered to have moderate heterogeneity, and those > 75% were considered to have a high ... See full document

... safety of circumfer- ential pulmonary vein isolation using a novel cryothermal balloon ablation ...balloon catheter for pulmonary vein antrum isolation in patients with atrial ...isolation ... See full document

... isolation of pulmonary veins (PVs) through irrigated catheter ablation with a ...demonstration of entrance and exit electrical blockade of PVs in relation to left atrium at the ... See full document

... “Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation – Techniques and Results”, published in the October 2005 edition (Arq Bras ...risk of asymptomatic recurrence of atrial fi ... See full document

... origin of an ectopic focal point was located, the diagnostic catheters of the contra-lateral sheath were re- moved and a 5-mm tip ablation catheter (EP Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA) was ... See full document

... on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial ...on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural ... See full document

... electrode catheter into the superior vein cava ...CB catheter (Arctic Front, Medtronic, Quebec, Canada) was inserted into LA together with a spiral catheter (SC) (Achieve, Medtronic, CA, ...sizes ... See full document

... conducted of PubMed and EMBASE databases before December 1, ...results of all qualified trials found significant reductions in fluoroscopic time (minutes) (WMD; 95% CI; P: ...robotic ablation ... See full document

... incidence of this endpoint was found (RR ...2A). Of note, the sensitivity analysis revealed that this result was constant across all selected studies and the overall effect didn’t significantly change even ... See full document

... activity of the kidney and the heart itself [30]. Recently, therapeutic catheter- based RSD has been applied in a controlled randomized trial for the treatment of resistant hypertension with a ... See full document

... indices of late recurrence of atrial ...benefit of the treatment was evident, which makes it an effective and recommendable therapeutic ...relevant atrial ta- chycardias were considered ... See full document

... presence of structural heart disease ...predictor of AF recur­ rence (HR=2.44 for every life decade; p=0.006). Analysis of ROC curves showed that, after the age of 36, the risk of AF ... See full document

... isolation of the PVs through a 3.5-mm tip irrigated catheter ablation without contact force measurement, using radiofrequency energy with applications of up to 35 watts and 43°C for 30-45 ... See full document

... persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) refractory to the antiarrhythmic treatment, was submitted to radiofrequency catheter ablation of AF through the extra-ostial (antrum) isolation ... See full document

... 21]. Shin et al. [22], utilizando medidas diretas das variáveis hemodinâmicas e do fluxo coronário, verificaram declínio do índice cardíaco quando a FA foi induzida durante o intra- operatório. A conseqüência mais ... See full document

... consisted of ventilatory support for 24 ...length of hospital stay was the longest in this case series (15 ...had atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, which was chemically ... See full document

... A new pacemaker algorithm for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: results of the Atrial Dy- namic Overdrive Pacing Trial (ADOPT). Goette A, Honeycutt C, Langberg JJ[r] ... See full document

... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained ar- rhythmia encountered in clinical ...stage of strat- egy aimed to investigate the feasibility of anticoagulation ...agement of ... See full document

... 90% of atrial clots in non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation cases form in the LAA[5]; therefore, LAA exclusion can reduce the incidence of clot formation and, thus, the risk of ... See full document