Catheter Ablation

Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-shock) or alternating current at radiofrequencies (usually 750 kHz). The technique is used most often to ablate the AV junction and/or accessory pathways in order to interrupt AV conduction and produce AV block in the treatment of various tachyarrhythmias.

Also Known As:

Ablation, Catheter; Ablation, Transvenous Electrical; Catheter Ablation, Electrical; Electric Catheter Ablation; Electrical Catheter Ablation; Percutaneous Catheter Ablation; Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation; Transvenous Catheter Ablation; Ablation, Electric Catheter; Ablation, Electrical Catheter; Ablation, Percutaneous Catheter; Ablation, Radiofrequency Catheter; Ablation, Transvenous Catheter; Electric Ablation, Transvenous; Electrical Ablation, Transvenous; Transvenous Electric Ablation; Transvenous Electrical Ablation; Ablation, Transvenous Electric; Catheter Ablation, Electric; Catheter Ablation, Percutaneous; Catheter Ablation, Radiofrequency; Catheter Ablation, Transvenous

Networked: 11028 relevant articles (1037 outcomes, 1409 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Natale, Andrea: 208 articles (11/2022 - 05/2002)
2.	Hindricks, Gerhard: 166 articles (06/2022 - 08/2002)
3.	Chen, Shih-Ann: 157 articles (09/2022 - 10/2002)
4.	Calkins, Hugh: 149 articles (03/2022 - 01/2002)
5.	Di Biase, Luigi: 145 articles (11/2022 - 12/2006)
6.	Kuck, Karl-Heinz: 129 articles (05/2022 - 06/2002)
7.	Santangeli, Pasquale: 119 articles (11/2022 - 06/2010)
8.	Pak, Hui-Nam: 115 articles (11/2022 - 12/2003)
9.	Lin, Yenn-Jiang: 115 articles (09/2022 - 01/2004)
10.	Stevenson, William G: 113 articles (01/2022 - 06/2002)

Related Diseases

1.	Atrial Fibrillation 03/01/2012 - " Catheter ablation provides better long-term relief from atrial fibrillation than medication, but surgical ablation is best, a second study concludes." 01/01/2010 - "Most atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation studies have consisted predominantly of males; accordingly, there is a paucity of information on the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in a large cohort of female AF patients. " 01/01/2023 - "Catheter ablation is highly efficacious for restoring sinus rhythm in the setting of atrial fibrillation; however, ablation within the left atrium has been shown to result in MRI-detected silent cerebral lesions. " 06/26/2021 - "The debate on the best treatment strategy for atrial fibrillation (AF) has expanded following the introduction of the so-called "hybrid procedure" that combines minimally invasive epicardial ablation with endocardial catheter ablation. " 05/01/2019 - "Catheter ablation (CA) is highly efficacious for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) but data predominantly comes from patients with preserved ventricular function. "
2.	Tachycardia (Tachyarrhythmias) 01/01/2017 - "Device therapy for these patients is well-established, and catheter ablation for atrial tachycardias is highly efficacious. " 01/01/2010 - "Successful elimination of AP by percutaneous RF catheter-ablation is highly effective in secondary prevention of life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in patients with ventricular preexcitation." 05/01/2008 - "At this time, catheter ablation is feasible, safe, and effective for most types of childhood tachycardia, and can be considered electively in children 6 years of age or older. " 01/01/2006 - "Catheter ablation was highly effective for RA tachycardia (100%). " 11/01/2004 - "In patients with dual atrioventricular node pathway and a documented but noninducible PSVT, catheter ablation of slow pathway is highly effective in preventing tachycardia in long term."
3.	Ventricular Tachycardia 10/01/2021 - "Catheter ablation has repeatedly proven to be well tolerated and highly effective in treating VT and in the last two decades has benefited from continuous efforts to determine ventricular tachycardia mechanisms by integration with a wide range of invasive and noninvasive imaging techniques such as intracardiac echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, multidetector computed tomography and nuclear imaging. " 07/01/2004 - "The success of the radiofrequency catheter ablation procedure for most types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia largely eliminated the role of surgical therapy of arrhythmias. " 07/01/2002 - "The success of the radiofrequency catheter ablation procedure for most types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia largely eliminated the role of surgical therapy of arrhythmias. " 11/01/2000 - "The success of the radiofrequency catheter ablation procedure for most types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia, particularly in young patients, largely eliminated the role of surgical therapy of arrhythmias. " 11/15/1994 - "Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia has proved to be highly effective in patients with idiopathic and bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia. "
4.	Cardiac Arrhythmias (Arrythmia) 03/01/2021 - "Catheter ablation has evolved in recent years as an important treatment modality for cardiac arrhythmias, generally showing superior efficacy over medical treatment for most types of arrhythmias. " 01/01/2021 - "Catheter ablation successfully eliminated all PSVT substrates (10/10) and most of the atrial arrhythmia substrates (3/5), with low recurrence rate. " 01/01/2020 - "As the most important prerequisite for successful therapy, criteria based on analysis of 12-lead ECGs are employed to reliably speculate the locations of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia before a subsequent catheter ablation procedure. " 09/01/2004 - "Combined catheter ablation of PVs and the right atrial isthmus for the treatment of patients with mixed AF and AFl is moderately effective in preventing early arrhythmia recurrence but leads to clinical improvement in most patients." 03/01/2001 - "The safety and efficacy of catheter ablation for treatment of most types of cardiac arrhythmias are well established. "
5.	Heart Failure 01/01/2012 - "Emergency catheter ablation for the accessory pathway was undertaken, and heart failure was dramatically improved." 01/01/2022 - "Compared with medical therapy, catheter ablation significantly reduced all-cause mortality (risk ratios=0.60, 95% Cl: 0.45 to 0.80, P < .001) and hospitalization due to heart failure (risk ratios=0.58, 95% Cl: 0.46 to 0.73, P < .001), improved left ventricular ejection fraction (mean difference=5.25%, 95% CI: 2.78% to 7.71%, P < .001), improved the performance of 6-minute walk test (mean difference=28.83 m, 95% CI: 8.61 to 49.05 m, P=.005), increased peak oxygen consumption (mean difference=3.11 mL/kg/min, 95% CI: 1.04 to 5.18 mL/kg/min, P=.003), and reduced Minnesota Living with Heart Failure score (mean difference=-8.45, 95% CI: -16.28 to -0.62, P=.03). " 03/01/2019 - "This case highlights that PVCs may be a modifiable risk factor for heart failure that can be successfully treated with pharmacological therapies or catheter ablation." 01/01/2019 - "Compared to medical therapy, including use of AAD, catheter ablation for AF was associated with a significant reduction in mortality and heart failure-related hospitalizations as well as an improvement in LVEF in patients with HFrEF. " 01/01/2019 - "Compared with medical therapy (including use of AAD), AF catheter ablation was associated with a significant reduction in mortality (risk ratio 0.50; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.34 to 0.74; P = 0.0005) and heart failure-related hospitalizations (risk ratio 0.56; 95% CI: 0.44 to 0.71; P < 0.0001). "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
2.	Anticoagulants
3.	Warfarin (Coumadin)
4.	Dabigatran
5.	Vitamin K
6.	Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
7.	Amiodarone (Amiodarona)
8.	Rivaroxaban
9.	Ice
10.	apixaban

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1.	Therapeutics
2.	Catheters
3.	Catheter Ablation
4.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
5.	Implantable Defibrillators (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator)