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- Title
Clinical Use of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation.
- Authors
VEST, JOHN A.; SEILER, JENS; STEVENSON, WILLIAM G.
- Abstract
Irrigated (cooled) radiofrequency (RF) ablation has become our primary ablation tool for treating atrial fibrillation, macroreentrant atrial tachycardias, and scar-related ventricular tachycardias. As with any technology that increases ablation lesion size, there is the potential for increased risk. The methods described are a cautious approach to power titration that considers the risks of excessive heating and the lesion size needed for a particular site. Future methods of assessing lesion creation will hopefully refine energy titration to improve safety and efficacy of cooled RF ablation.
- Subjects
CATHETER ablation; ATRIAL fibrillation treatment; VENTRICULAR tachycardia; RADIO frequency; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 7, p769
- ISSN
1045-3873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01193.x