Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: current indications and evolving technologies

R Parameswaran, AM Al-Kaisey… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as an important rhythm-control
strategy and is by far the most common cardiac ablation procedure performed worldwide …

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task …

CT January, LS Wann, JS Alpert, H Calkins… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted, focusing on 2006 through October 2012 and …

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American …

CT January, LS Wann, JS Alpert, H Calkins… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted, focusing on 2006 through October 2012 and …

Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

L Valembois, E Audureau, A Takeda… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent sustained arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation often
recurs after restoration of normal sinus rhythm. Antiarrhythmic drugs have been widely used …

Charged particle therapy—optimization, challenges and future directions

JS Loeffler, M Durante - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2013 - nature.com
The use of charged particle therapy to control tumours non-invasively offers advantages
over conventional radiotherapy. Protons and heavy ions deposit energy far more selectively …

2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update on the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (updating the 2006 guideline) a report of the American College of …

LS Wann, AB Curtis, CT January, KA Ellenbogen… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review Late-breaking clinical trials presented at the 2009
annual scientific meetings of the ACC, AHA, and European Society of Cardiology (ESC), as …

Outcomes of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: a systematic review

AG Brooks, MK Stiles, J Laborderie, DH Lau, P Kuklik… - Heart rhythm, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly variable,
with differing techniques and outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to …

Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation: a systematic review

EM Balk, AC Garlitski… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
AF Recurrence After RFA: Systematic Review. Introduction: The relationship between
success of radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) and patient characteristics has …

II Diretrizes brasileiras de fibrilação atrial

LP Magalhães, MJO Figueiredo, FD Cintra… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
1.1. Necessidade de atualização Atualmente, existe uma enorme quantidade de
evidências científicas sobre um determinado assunto, com o objetivo de auxiliar os …

Approach to the catheter ablation technique of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta‐analysis of the randomized controlled trials

R Parkash, ASL Tang, JL Sapp… - Journal of cardiovascular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Review of the Catheter Ablation Technique in AF. Background: Several randomized
controlled trials (RCTs) have been published to investigate the optimal techniques for atrial …