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Remote Magnetic Navigation for Catheter Ablation in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Review
Author(s) -
ROY KARINE,
GOMEZPULIDO FEDERICO,
ERNST SABINE
Publication year - 2016
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/jce.12903
Subject(s) - medicine , heart disease , catheter ablation , intervention (counseling) , catheter , ablation , psychological intervention , atrial fibrillation , disease , cardiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry
Review on Remote Magnetic Navigation in Congenital Heart Disease In patients with congenital heart disease, challenges to catheter‐based arrhythmia interventions are unique and numerous given the complexity of the underlying defects, anatomic and surgical intervention variants including baffles, conduits, patches, and/or shunts. Remote magnetic navigation offers significant advantages in these cases that may present with limited vascular access or difficult access to the target cardiac chambers implicated by the previous surgical interventions. We reviewed the data available on the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of magnetic navigation for the treatment of arrhythmia in congenital heart disease and discussed the specific challenges related to various congenital defects and repair with the potential advantages offered by magnetic navigation in these circumstances.