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Objective To investigate the effectiveness of heart valve replacement in the same period of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.Methods Eighty-six patients with atrial fibrillation underwent heart valve replacement in the same period of bipolar radiofrequency ablation system according to the maze heart valve replacement operation principle.And optimized the operation method.Results No death occurred during operation.The average ablation time was (23 ± 8) minutes with a range of 16-56 minutes.Sinus rhythm of the heart was restored after surgery in all patients (100％).The long-term success rate was 98.8％ (85/86).Conclusion Our optimization of heart valve replacement in the same period of radiofrequency ablation enhanced the success rate of the operation,simplified the procedures,meanwhile it might need widely application clinically.
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Objective To evaluate the relationship between echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue thickness(EAT) and the presence and severity of coronary artery disease(CAD). Methods One hundredand forty-seven patients (101 patients with CAD and 46 patients with normal coronary arteries by diagnostic coronary angiography) were enrolled. EAT thickness was measured using 2-D echocardiographic parasternal long-and short-axis views. EAT thickness measurements were compared with angiographic findings. Results EAT was significantly higher in CAD group comparison to control group [(7.41 ± 1.63)mm vs (4.41±1.60) mm, P ＜0.01 ]. Furthermore, EAT increased with the severity of CAD [(8.53 ± 1.00)mm vs (6.36 ±1.73)mm, P ＜0.01]. Gensini's score significantly correlated with EAT (r = 0.71, P ＜0.01 ). EAT thickness ≥5.35 mm had 87.13% sensitivity and 80.42% specificity (ROC area 0. 89, P = 0.01,95% CI [0.84 - 0.9;]) for predicting CAD. Conclusions EAT thickness, which is easily and non-invasively evaluated by transthoracic echocardiography, can be an adjunctive marker to classical risk factors for the prediction of CAD, it was significantly correlated with the severity of coronary artery disease.
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Objective To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of treating atrial fibrillation(AF)in beating heart surgery using bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation(RFA)system. Methods Treating AF in beating heart under normal temperature CBP surgery with bipolar RFA following the circuit of maze operation,2 - 6 times each place,until sinus rhythm appeared,then perform AVR or MVR in the stopped beating heart. Results All 18 cases survived the surgery. Sinus rhythm appeared in all cases. The average treating time was 28 minutes. Conclusions Application of bipolar RFA in the treatment of AF in beating heart is a safe and efficacy method. It is recommended to be applied widely.