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Robotic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: May 29, 2015
Advanced ablation strategies for management of post-surgical atrial arrhythmias
Lilian Mantziari1, Irina Suman-Horduna1, Sonya V Babu-Narayan1
1Cardiology Department, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract:
Post-surgical arrhythmias include a wide range of arrhythmias occurring late after cardiac surgery and represent a complex substrate for catheter ablation either because of extended scar and remodeling or because of limited access to the area of interest. Novel image integration and ablation tools have made the catheter ablation in this population both feasible and successful. We review a structured approach to catheter ablation of post-surgical atrial arrhythmias in various patient cohorts including the most common congenital heart defects.
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