BIOPHYSICAL AND ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SAFE AND EFFICACIOUS CATHETER ABLATION OF ARRHYTHMIAS

被引:3
作者
BARDY, GH
SAWYER, PL
机构
[1] Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
关键词
arrhythmias; catheter ablation; tachycardia;
D O I
10.1002/clc.4960130611
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The development of catheter ablation techniques for therapy of cardiac arrhythmias continues to evolve. Although many patients have benefited from catheter ablation procedures, failure to ablate the arrhythmogenic substrate and complications from the pulse used in these procedures remain too frequent occurrences. The purpose of this review is to focus on these problems of inefficacy and safety with attention directed to the role various direct current and radiofrequency pulses have had in the genesis of these difficulties. Copyright © 1990 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页码:425 / 433
页数:9
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