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Clinical Use of Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation
Author(s) -
VEST JOHN A.,
SEILER JENS,
STEVENSON WILLIAM G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01193.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , radiofrequency ablation , atrial fibrillation , lesion , rf ablation , cardiology , catheter ablation , radiology , surgery
Irrigated (cooled) radiofrequency (RF) ablation has become our primary ablation tool for treating atrial fibrillation, macroreentrant atrial tachycardias, and scar‐related ventricular tachycardias. As with any technology that increases ablation lesion size, there is the potential for increased risk. The methods described are a cautious approach to power titration that considers the risks of excessive heating and the lesion size needed for a particular site. Future methods of assessing lesion creation will hopefully refine energy titration to improve safety and efficacy of cooled RF ablation.