Pulmonary vein isolation with catheter ablation is an effective treatment in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation or intolerant to antiarrhythmic medications.Catheter ablation is a procedure in which a thin, flexible tube or catheter is inserted into a blood vessel in arm, neck or groin which is then threaded through the blood vessel to the heart. The doctor can then apply radio frequency energy, laser energy or freezing temperature (cryoablation) to destroy the abnormal heart tissue which causes the arrhythmia or irregular heart beat. The current article gives you an insight into this technique.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disturbance, increasing in prevalence with age. Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is centered on electrical isolation of pulmonary veins (PVs) through circumferential lesions around PV ostia. Although,…
