Citation
P. Jais et al., Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, ANN R MED, 51, 2000, pp. 431-441
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00664219
→ ACNP
Volume
51
Year of publication
2000
Pages
431 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4219(2000)51:<431:CAFAF>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation is frequently disabling and resistant to antiarrhythmic
drugs. Curative treatment by catheter-based ablation has been shown to be
feasible either by achieving long linear lesions, mainly in the left atrium
, or by targeting the initiating focus, most frequently in the pulmonary ve
ins. This paper reviews the different ablation approaches, their results, p
otential complications, and relative merits.