Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been increasingly performed over the past decade. Regardless of technological advances and technique improvement, catheter ablation for AF remains a highly complex procedure and the risk of procedural complications is not negligible. This article di...

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Main Authors: Wongcharoen W., Lo L.-W., Chen S.-A.
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-40692014-08-30T02:35:38Z Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade Wongcharoen W. Lo L.-W. Chen S.-A. Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been increasingly performed over the past decade. Regardless of technological advances and technique improvement, catheter ablation for AF remains a highly complex procedure and the risk of procedural complications is not negligible. This article discusses the management and the approach to avoid the serious complications of catheter AF ablation including pulmonary vein stenosis, atrioesophageal fistula, cardiac tamponade, stroke and collateral nervous damage. The management of periprocedural anticoagulation and the complications associated with epicardial AF ablation are also described. 2014-08-30T02:35:38Z 2014-08-30T02:35:38Z 2013 Review 19416911 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877067087&partnerID=40&md5=866a63b75ac960a1dc102da4f4931d58 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4069 English
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description Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been increasingly performed over the past decade. Regardless of technological advances and technique improvement, catheter ablation for AF remains a highly complex procedure and the risk of procedural complications is not negligible. This article discusses the management and the approach to avoid the serious complications of catheter AF ablation including pulmonary vein stenosis, atrioesophageal fistula, cardiac tamponade, stroke and collateral nervous damage. The management of periprocedural anticoagulation and the complications associated with epicardial AF ablation are also described.
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author Wongcharoen W.
Lo L.-W.
Chen S.-A.
spellingShingle Wongcharoen W.
Lo L.-W.
Chen S.-A.
Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
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Lo L.-W.
Chen S.-A.
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title Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
title_short Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
title_full Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
title_fullStr Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
title_full_unstemmed Collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lessons learnt in the past decade
title_sort collateral damage from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: lessons learnt in the past decade
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