Open AccessVirtual and real assessment of a wide antral ablated region in atrial fibrillation patients using the hot balloon system
Author(s) -
Fukuda Reiko,
Nakahara Shiro,
Sato Hirotsugu,
Nishiyama Naoki,
Hori Yuichi,
Taguchi Isao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3730
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , ablation , balloon , cardiology , left atrium , atrium (architecture) , radiology
The hot balloon system has become widely used for atrial fibrillation ablation and also has software for preoperative computer simulation. The computer model may be useful for predicting the extent of a wide planar ablation region in the left atrium.