Open AccessCardiac injury after percutaneous catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
Author(s) -
Laurent Haegeli,
Emily Kotschet,
Jonathan Byrne,
D. Adam,
Evan Lockwood,
Richard Leather,
Laurence D. Sterns,
P. G. Novak
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eum273
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , percutaneous , cardiology , catheter ablation , cardiac ablation , ablation
Small elevations in troponin T levels have been shown with limited radiofrequency (RF) ablation procedures for supraventricular tachycardia, usually to levels below the threshold for ischaemia or infarction. Left atrial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) requires far more RF energy, therefore could be expected to have greater elevation in troponin T. We determined troponin T levels before and after ablation in these patients to evaluate the amount of rise with this ablation.
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