Complications of atrial fibrillation ablation: when prevention is better than cure

Assessment of Catheter Tip Contact Force Resulting in Cardiac Perforation in Swine Atria Using Force Sensing Technology

(2011) Francesco Perna et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Troubleshooting Difficult Transseptal Catheterization

(2011) RAYMOND W. SY et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Prevalence and Predictors of Complications of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) TIMIR S. BAMAN et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Stroke risk associated with balloon based catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the MACPAF Study

(2010) Karl Georg Haeusler et al.   BMC Neurology

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Cause of Silent Thromboembolism?

(2010) Fiorenzo Gaita et al.   CIRCULATION

Periprocedural Stroke and Management of Major Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Luigi Di Biase et al.   CIRCULATION

Feasibility of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Novel Endoscopic Ablation System

(2010) Boris Schmidt et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Transseptal puncture using minimally invasive echocardiography during atrial fibrillation ablation

(2010) L. Mitchell-Heggs et al.   EUROPACE

Catheter tip force required for mechanical perforation of porcine cardiac chambers

(2010) D. Shah et al.   EUROPACE

Locating the right phrenic nerve by imaging the right pericardiophrenic artery with computerized tomographic angiography: Implications for balloon-based procedures

(2010) Rodney Horton et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) KARL-HEINZ KUCK et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

First report of phrenic nerve injury during pulmonary vein isolation using the Ablation Frontiers pulmonary vein ablation catheter

(2010) Syed Y. Ahsan et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The Risk of Thromboembolism and Need for Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

(2010) Sakis Themistoclakis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Late Gadolinium Enhancement of the Esophagus is Common on Cardiac MR Several Months after Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Preliminary Observations

(2010) JOYCE MENG et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Complications in the Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Atsushi Takahashi et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Initial Experience of Assessing Esophageal Tissue Injury and Recovery Using Delayed-Enhancement MRI After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

(2009) Troy J. Badger et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Riccardo Cappato et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Acute development of gastroesophageal reflux after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2009) Martin Martinek et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Combined use of cryoballoon and focal open-irrigation radiofrequency ablation for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from a pilot study

(2009) Moussa Mansour et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Complicating Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) David R. Holmes et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions

Incidence and Predictors of Periprocedural Cerebrovascular Accident in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) DANIEL SCHERR et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Prevalence and Causes of Fatal Outcome in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Riccardo Cappato et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Strategies to Minimize the Risk of Esophageal Injury durings Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) TRISTRAM D. BAHNSON   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Novel Contact Force Sensor Incorporated in Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation Catheter Predicts Lesion Size and Incidence of Steam Pop and Thrombus

(2008) Katsuaki Yokoyama et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Complications of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Incidence and Predictors

(2008) DAVID D. SPRAGG et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Early heparinization decreases the incidence of left atrial thrombi detected by intracardiac echocardiography during radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2008) Charles J. Bruce et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation With the Cryoballoon Technique

(2008) Thomas Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY