Literature DB >> 22071678

Witnessed pulmonary vein arrest-endoscopically observed conversion of atrial fibrillation into sinus rhythm by laser balloon ablation.

K R J Chun1, B Schulte-Hahn, M Gunawardene, B Schmidt.   

Abstract

The endoscopic laser balloon ablation system affords a unique view of the beating heart for visual guidance in pulmonary vein (PV) isolation. A 66-year-old patient was admitted for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). While encircling the left superior PV, AF terminated into sinus rhythm, which was diagnosed by observing sudden regularization of previously rapidly fibrillating atrial tissue demonstrating the unique endoscopic video function.

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Year:  2011        PMID: 22071678     DOI: 10.1007/s00059-011-3520-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Herz        ISSN: 0340-9937            Impact factor:   1.443


  3 in total

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Authors:  Hugh Calkins; Josep Brugada; Douglas L Packer; Riccardo Cappato; Shih-Ann Chen; Harry J G Crijns; Ralph J Damiano; D Wyn Davies; David E Haines; Michel Haissaguerre; Yoshito Iesaka; Warren Jackman; Pierre Jais; 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 Prystowsky; Antonio Raviele; Jeremy N Ruskin; Richard J Shemin
Journal:  Heart Rhythm       Date:  2007-04-30       Impact factor: 6.343

2.  Electrophysiological findings during ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation with electroanatomic mapping and double Lasso catheter technique.

Authors:  Feifan Ouyang; Sabine Ernst; Julian Chun; Dietmar Bänsch; Yigang Li; Anselm Schaumann; Hercules Mavrakis; Xingpeng Liu; Florian T Deger; Boris Schmidt; Yumei Xue; Jiang Cao; Detlef Hennig; He Huang; Karl-Heinz Kuck; Matthias Antz
Journal:  Circulation       Date:  2005-11-07       Impact factor: 29.690

3.  Feasibility of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation using a novel endoscopic ablation system.

Authors:  Boris Schmidt; Andreas Metzner; Kyoung Ryul Julian Chun; Dionysios Leftheriotis; Yasuhiro Yoshiga; Alexander Fuernkranz; Kars Neven; Roland Richard Tilz; Erik Wissner; Feifan Ouyang; Karl-Heinz Kuck
Journal:  Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol       Date:  2010-07-24
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