Open AccessRoutine echocardiography after radiofrequency ablation: to flog a dead horse?
Author(s) -
Beat Schaer,
Alexander Maurer,
Christian Sticherling,
Peter Buser,
Stefan Osswald
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/eun360
Subject(s) - medicine , radiofrequency ablation , cardiology , horse , ablation , paleontology , biology
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is frequently used to treat sustained arrhythmias. One major complication is pericardial effusion-tamponade. Therefore, many centres perform echocardiography after interventions, but data on necessity of such routine procedures are scarce.
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