Introduction to Arrhythmia Ablation

TSP was performed in 84 patients undergoing left-sided procedures (72 atrial fibrillation ablations [32 RF, 40 cryoballoon], 4 atrial tachycardia ablations, 2 ventricular arrhythmia ablations, 6 left atrial appendage closure) utilizing a stiff, exchange length RF guidewire.

The authors’ stated purpose for their retrospective cohort study was to determine clinical features associated with arrhythmia recurrence after ventricular arrhythmia ablation in patients with ARVC.

CONCLUSION In our preliminary experience, arrhythmia ablation through a near-zero fluoroscopy approach involving the use of a novel ablation technology and the Rhythmia™ mapping system proved to be safe, feasible and effective in common atrial arrhythmias.

Special emphasis is given to the particular features that arrhythmias have when they occur in congenitally abnormal hearts and in particular to the peculiar aspects of device implantation and arrhythmia ablation in the field of CHD compared to normally structured hearts.

AP1900078 | Highdensity mapping of atrial tachyarrhythmia in congenital heart diseases—Single tertiary centre experience in Hong Kong Sit-Yee Kwok; Tak-Cheung Yung; Ngai-Lun Ho; Jo-Jo Hai; Sabrina Tsao; Hung-Fat Tse Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Introduction: Highdensity electroanatomical mapping is increasingly employed in complex arrhythmia ablation.

The principles of STAR, and the unmet needs in cardiac arrhythmia ablation are described.

Along with the increase in number of ablation procedures, complications from such procedures have decreased in number and the ventricular arrhythmia ablation remains a relatively low-risk procedure.

Methods Randomized, unicentric, uni-blind study of patients referred for tachyarrhythmia ablation.

This review focuses on advances within the field of cardiac electrophysiology that have helped to improve the safety and efficacy of ventricular arrhythmia ablation.