Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation With the Cryoballoon Technique: Results From a Prospective 3-Center Study
Thomas Neumann,Jürgen Vogt,Burghard Schumacher,Anja Dorszewski,Malte Kuniss,Hans Neuser,Klaus Kurzidim,Alexander Berkowitsch,Marcus L. Koller,Johannes Heintze,Ursula Scholz,Ulrike Wetzel,Michael Schneider,Dieter Horstkotte,Christian W. Hamm,H. F. Pitschner +15 more
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Pulmonary vein isolation with a new cryoballoon technique is feasible and sinus rhythm can be maintained in the majority of patients with PAF by circumferential PVI using a cryoablation system.About:
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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design
Hugh Calkins,Karl-Heinz Kuck,Riccardo Cappato,Josep Brugada,A. John Camm,Shih Ann Chen,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Ralph J. Damiano,D. Wyn Davies,John P. DiMarco,James R. Edgerton,Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,Michael D. Ezekowitz,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Gerhard Hindricks,Yoshito Iesaka,Warren M. Jackman,José Jalife,Pierre Jaïs,Jonathan M. Kalman,David Keane,Younghoon Kim,Paulus Kirchhof,Paulus Kirchhof,George J. Klein,Hans Kottkamp,Koichiro Kumagai,Bruce D. Lindsay,Moussa Mansour,Francis E. Marchlinski,Patrick M. McCarthy,J. Lluis Mont,Fred Morady,Koonlawee Nademanee,Hiroshi Nakagawa,Andrea Natale,Stanley Nattel,Douglas L. Packer,Carlo Pappone,Eric N. Prystowsky,Antonio Raviele,Vivek Y. Reddy,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Richard J. Shemin,Hsuan Ming Tsao,David J. Wilber,Niv Ad,Jennifer E. Cummings,A. Mark Gillinov,Hein Heidbuchel,Craig T. January,Gregory Y.H. Lip,Steven M. Markowitz,Mohan Nair,I. Eli Ovsyshcher,Hui Nam Pak,Takeshi Tsuchiya,Dipen Shah,Teo Wee Siong,Panos E. Vardas +60 more
TL;DR: This 2012 Consensus Statement is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the field of catheter and surgical ablation of AF and to report the findings of a Task Force, convened by the Heart Rhythm Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society and charged with defining the indications, techniques, and outcomes of this procedure.
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2017 HRS / EHRA / ECAS / APHRS / SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
Hugh Calkins,Gerhard Hindricks,Riccardo Cappato,Young Hoon Kim,Eduardo B. Saad,Luis Aguinaga,Joseph G. Akar,Vinay Badhwar,Josep Brugada,John Camm,Peng Sheng Chen,Shih Ann Chen,Mina K. Chung,Jens Cosedis Nielsen,Anne B. Curtis,D. Wyn Davies,John D. Day,Andre d'Avila,N. M. S. de Groot,Luigi Di Biase,Mattias Duytschaever,James R. Edgerton,Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,Patrick T. Ellinor,Sabine Ernst,Guilherme Fenelon,Edward P. Gerstenfeld,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Robert H. Helm,Elaine M. Hylek,Warren M. Jackman,José Jalife,José Jalife,Jonathan M. Kalman,Josef Kautzner,Hans Kottkamp,Karl Heinz Kuck,Koichiro Kumagai,Richard Lee,Thorsten Lewalter,Bruce D. Lindsay,Laurent Macle,Moussa Mansour,Francis E. Marchlinski,Gregory F. Michaud,Hiroshi Nakagawa,Andrea Natale,Stanley Nattel,Ken Okumura,Douglas L. Packer,Evgeny Pokushalov,Matthew R. Reynolds,Prashanthan Sanders,Mauricio Scanavacca,Richard J. Schilling,Claudio Tondo,Hsuan Ming Tsao,Atul Verma,David J. Wilber,Teiichi Yamane +60 more
TL;DR: This 2017 Consensus Statement is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the field of catheter and surgical ablation of AF and to report the findings of a writing group, convened by these five international societies.
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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design
Hugh Calkins,Hugh Calkins,Karl Heinz Kuck,Riccardo Cappato,Josep Brugada,A. John Camm,Shih Ann Chen,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Ralph J. Damiano,D. Wyn Davies,John P. DiMarco,James R. Edgerton,Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,Michael D. Ezekowitz,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Gerhard Hindricks,Yoshito Iesaka,Warren M. Jackman,José Jalife,Pierre Jaïs,Jonathan M. Kalman,David Keane,Young Hoon Kim,Paulus Kirchhof,Paulus Kirchhof,George J. Klein,Hans Kottkamp,Koichiro Kumagai,Bruce D. Lindsay,Moussa Mansour,Francis E. Marchlinski,Patrick M. McCarthy,J. Lluis Mont,Fred Morady,Koonlawee Nademanee,Hiroshi Nakagawa,Andrea Natale,Stanley Nattel,Douglas L. Packer,Carlo Pappone,Eric N. Prystowsky,Antonio Raviele,Vivek Y. Reddy,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Richard J. Shemin,Hsuan Ming Tsao,David J. Wilber,David J. Wilber +48 more
TL;DR: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS), was published in this paper.
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Cryoballoon ablation of pulmonary veins for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: first results of the North American Arctic Front (STOP AF) pivotal trial.
Douglas L. Packer,Robert C. Kowal,Kevin R. Wheelan,James M. Irwin,Jean Champagne,Peter G. Guerra,Marc Dubuc,Vivek Y. Reddy,Linda Nelson,Richard G. Holcomb,John W. Lehmann,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Stop Af Cryoablation Investigators +12 more
TL;DR: The STOP AF trial demonstrated that cryoballoon ablation is a safe and effective alternative to antiarrhythmic medication for the treatment of patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF, for whom at least one antiarrHythmic drug has failed, with risks within accepted standards for ablation therapy.
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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design
Hugh Calkins,Karl Heinz Kuck,Riccardo Cappato,Josep Brugada,A. John Camm,Shih Ann Chen,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Ralph J. Damiano,D. Wyn Davies,John P. DiMarco,James R. Edgerton,Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,Michael D. Ezekowitz,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Gerhard Hindricks,Yoshito Iesaka,Warren M. Jackman,José Jalife,Pierre Jaïs,Jonathan M. Kalman,David Keane,Young Hoon Kim,Paulus Kirchhof,Paulus Kirchhof,George J. Klein,Hans Kottkamp,Koichiro Kumagai,Bruce D. Lindsay,Moussa Mansour,Francis E. Marchlinski,Patrick M. McCarthy,J. Lluis Mont,Fred Morady,Koonlawee Nademanee,Hiroshi Nakagawa,Andrea Natale,Stanley Nattel,Douglas L. Packer,Carlo Pappone,Eric N. Prystowsky,Antonio Raviele,Vivek Y. Reddy,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Richard J. Shemin,Hsuan Ming Tsao,David J. Wilber +46 more
TL;DR: This is a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).
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Riccardo Cappato,Hugh Calkins,Shih Ann Chen,Wyn Davies,Yoshito Iesaka,Jonathan M. Kalman,You Ho Kim,George J. Klein,Andrea Natale,Douglas L. Packer,Allan C. Skanes,Federico Ambrogi,Elia Biganzoli +12 more
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HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
Hugh Calkins,Josep Brugada,Douglas L. Packer,Riccardo Cappato,Shih Ann Chen,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Ralph J. Damiano,D. Wyn Davies,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Yoshito Iesaka,Warren M. Jackman,Pierre Jaïs,Hans Kottkamp,Karl-Heinz Kuck,Bruce D. Lindsay,Francis E. Marchlinski,Patrick M. McCarthy,J. Lluis Mont,Fred Morady,Koonlawee Nademanee,Andrea Natale,Carlo Pappone,Eric N. Prystowsky,Antonio Raviele,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Richard J. Shemin +26 more
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HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
Hugh Calkins,Josep Brugada,Douglas L. Packer,R. Cappato,Shih Ann Chen,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Ralph J. Damiano,D. Wyn Davies,David E. Haines,Michel Haïssaguerre,Yoshito Iesaka,Warren M. Jackman,Pierre Jaïs,Hans Kottkamp,Karl-Heinz Kuck,Bruce D. Lindsay,Francis E. Marchlinski,Patrick M. McCarthy,J. Lluis Mont,Fred Morady,Koonlawee Nademanee,Andrea Natale,Carlo Pappone,Eric N. Prystowsky,Antonio Raviele,Jeremy N. Ruskin,Richard J. Shemin +26 more
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Atrio-esophageal fistula as a complication of percutaneous transcatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Carlo Pappone,Hakan Oral,Vincenzo Santinelli,Gabriele Vicedomini,Christopher Lang,Francesco Manguso,Lucia Torracca,Stefano Benussi,Ottavio Alfieri,Robert Hong,William Lau,Kirk Hirata,Neil Shikuma,Burr Hall,Fred Morady +14 more
TL;DR: Atrio-esophageal fistulas can occur after catheter ablation in the posterior wall of the left atrium after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation, and this diagnosis should be excluded in any patient with symptoms or signs of endocarditis after left atrial ablation.
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