26
Feb
2015
00:00
GMT
Webinar
Hybrid Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
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Overview
The cornerstone of atrial fibrillation (AF) is electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins (PV). In patients with non-paroxysmal AF, PV isolation alone is insufficient and one needs to modify the atrial arrhythmogenic substrate. AF ablation is mostly performed using a transvenous, endocardial approach with catheters. This technique enables one to characterize the underlying substrate in order to tailor the ablation procedure but these ablation lesions are not always transmural nor long lasting. Thoracoscopic surgical AF ablation techniques, on the other hand, create more reliable linear lesions but the lesion set is based on empirical assumptions rather than specific patient characteristics. Performed in combination (hybrid AF ablation), both approaches are complementary as they overcome their mutual shortcomings.
Conference Alert
Maastricht AF: Crossing Borders, 6th Edition
April 1-3 2015, Maastricht, The Netherlands
This year's edition of the Maastricht AF meeting Maastricht AF: Crossing Borders, 6th Edition will give the floor to expert opinions on the impact of what has been achieved so far with Hybrid AF ablation procedures for patients with complex atrial fibrillation and the way to go in the near future.
For further details please visit the website: www.hybridafmaastricht.nl
Faculty:
Laurent Pison
Educational Objectives
- Atrial fibrillation pathophysiology
- Historical outcomes of endocardial and surgical AF ablation
- Hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation: techniques, indications and results
Target Audience
- Cardiologists
- Electrophysiologists
- Cardiac surgeons
Faculty Biographies
Key References
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3. Pison L, Dagres N, Lewalter T, Proclemer A, Marinskis G, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C. Surgical and hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. Europace.14:939-941
4. Pison L, La Meir M, van Opstal J, Blaauw Y, Maessen J, Crijns HJ. Hybrid thoracoscopic surgical and transvenous catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Jul 3;60(1):54-61.