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Arq. bras. cardiol ; 86(5): 331-336, maio 2006. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-428267

ABSTRACT

OBJETIVO: Estudar uma série de pacientes submetidos a ablação por cateter, com radiofreqüência (RF) de vias acessórias (VA) esquerdas mediante abordagem transeptal (TS), comparando-os aos pacientes submetidos ao mesmo tipo de procedimento por abordagem arterial retrógrada (AR) convencional. MÉTODOS: Cem pacientes consecutivos (56 masculinos; 34,3 ± 11 anos de idade), portadores de 100 VA esquerdas (62 manifestas e 38 ocultas) foram submetidos a ablação por cateter por via TS (50 pacientes) e por via AR (50 pacientes), de forma alternada. A análise foi baseada na intenção de tratar. RESULTADOS: A punção transeptal foi realizada com sucesso em 48 (96 por cento) pacientes. Por esse acesso foi obtido sucesso primário na ablação em todos os pacientes e nenhuma complicação foi observada. Ao compararmos com o grupo AR não verificamos diferença em relação ao sucesso primário (p = 0,2), taxa de recorrências (p = 1,0), tempos de fluoroscopia (p = 0,63) e total (p = 0,47). No grupo AR um paciente apresentou complicação vascular. A abordagem TS proporcionou um menor tempo de ablação (p = 0,01) e número de aplicações de RF (p = 0,003) em relação à abordagem AR convencional. As recorrências e insucessos da primeira sessão de cada grupo foram submetidos a novo procedimento pela técnica oposta (cross-over), obtendo-se assim um sucesso final na ablação de 100 por cento. CONCLUSÃO: As abordagens TS e AR apresentam eficácia e segurança semelhantes para ablação de vias acessórias esquerdas. O tempo de ablação e o número de aplicações de RF foram menores com a abordagem TS. Quando as técnicas foram utilizadas de forma complementar, aumentaram a eficácia final da ablação.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Catheter Ablation , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Heart Septum/surgery , Tachycardia, Supraventricular/surgery , Heart Ventricles/surgery , Postoperative Complications , Prospective Studies , Recurrence , Treatment Outcome
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Indian Heart J ; 2006 Mar-Apr; 58(2): 131-7
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-3337

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: This study sought to evaluate the long-term recurrence rate of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) after radiofrequency catheter ablation. The clinical and electrophysiological features of patients with AVNRT and their immediate outcomes after undergoing slow pathway ablation/modification were also studied. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study included 264 consecutive patients with AVNRT (mean age 46 -/+ 15 years, 143 women, 121 men) who underwent slow pathway ablation/modification using a combined electrophysiological and anatomical approach. The primary endpoint of ablation procedure was non- inducibility of the arrhythmia. The primary endpoint of the study was the recurrence of AVNRT on follow-up. Acute success was achieved in 262 (99.6%) patients. Complication rate of the ablation procedure was 2.6% and the average fluoroscopy time was 18.3 -/+ 11 minutes. The patients were followed up for a mean duration of 20 -/+ 9 months during which there was only one case of recurrence. CONCLUSION: Radiofrequency ablation or modification of slow pathway is highly effective in the treatment of AVNRT. The technique has a high initial success rate and a low complication rate. The recurrence rates are extremely low (0.3%) on long-term follow-up.


Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Catheter Ablation , Child , Child, Preschool , Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac , Female , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry/surgery , Treatment Outcome , Young Adult
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Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc ; 19(2): 136-143, abr.-jun. 2004. ilus, tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-383649

ABSTRACT

OBJETIVO: Avaliar os efeitos da técnica na função ventricular esquerda em cães hígidos e com cardiomiopatia dilatada induzida pela doxorrubicina. MÉTODO: De 13 cães, oito receberam doxorrubicina até que a fração de encurtamento (FE) fosse menor que 20 por cento. Destes, quatro animais e os cinco não induzidos foram submetidos à plicatura da parede livre do ventrículo esquerdo (PPLVE). Os demais cães não foram operados. Foram avaliados débito cardíaco (DC), pressão arterial, exame físico, eletrocardiografia, sistema "Holter" e ecocardiografia, por 180 dias. RESULTADOS: Houve redução do volume ventricular esquerdo. Os cães induzidos melhoraram após a operação e a fração de ejeção (FEj) retornou aos valores normais para a espécie. O DC e a FE aumentaram após a operação. Um cão foi a óbito. Nos cães não operados, a FE diminuiu e foram a óbito em torno de 40 dias após a indução; nos cães não induzidos, esta não se alterou. Houve extra-sístoles ventriculares, que se resolveram espontaneamente. CONCLUSÕES: A PPLVE sem circulação extracorpórea reduz o volume ventricular esquerdo e melhora a função cardíaca dos cães com cardiomiopatia dilatada induzida pela doxorrubicina, demonstrando baixa morbidade e mortalidade tardia.


Subject(s)
Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Cardiac Pacing, Artificial , Ventricular Function, Left/physiology , Biomarkers/blood , Catecholamines/blood , Follow-Up Studies , Heart Conduction System/metabolism , Heart Conduction System/physiopathology , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Heart Ventricles/metabolism , Heart Ventricles/physiopathology , Illinois , Pacemaker, Artificial , Recovery of Function/physiology , Sick Sinus Syndrome/blood , Sick Sinus Syndrome/physiopathology , Sick Sinus Syndrome/therapy , Stroke Volume/physiology , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome
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Indian Heart J ; 2003 Jul-Aug; 55(4): 376-8
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-4958

ABSTRACT

Coronary sinus electrograms generally represent the sequence of left atrial activation, and are very helpful in localizing and differentiating left lateral accessory pathway-mediated tachycardia from other supraventricular tachycardias. The activation of the coronary sinus from the left atrium occurs through muscle bridges, which may be discrete or form an intermingled continuum. These muscle bridges, if disconnected, may dissociate the coronary sinus from the left atrium, in which case the coronary sinus electrograms do not represent left atrial activation, and do not help to understand, or may cause misinterpretation of, the mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia. We report one such case of orthodromic supraventricular tachycardia mediated through the left lateral accessory pathway in which the coronary sinus got dissociated from the left atrium during radiofrequency ablation.


Subject(s)
Adult , Catheter Ablation/adverse effects , Coronary Vessels/surgery , Electrocardiography , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Humans , Male , Pre-Excitation Syndromes/diagnosis , Tachycardia, Supraventricular/therapy
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Indian Heart J ; 2000 May-Jun; 52(3): 324-7
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-3193

ABSTRACT

Radiofrequency ablation is the treatment of choice for patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and symptomatic tachyarrhythmias. The technique involves localising the pathway with multiple catheters at various sites followed by radiofrequency energy application at that site. Single catheter approach has been described for ablation of manifest left-sided accessory pathways. In this article, we report the ablation of accessory pathways in different locations in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome by using a two-catheter approach. Twenty-three consecutive patients with symptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome were taken up for radiofrequency ablation with this approach. Pathways could be successfully ablated in 11 out of 13 patients with left free wall, 5 out of 7 with right posteroseptal, one patient of left posteroseptal and each of the 2 patients of right mid septal locations giving an overall success in 19/23 (82.6%) patients. Hence, two-catheter approach can be used safely to ablate accessory pathways in different locations with high success rate, thus minimising the procedure time associated with conventional approach.


Subject(s)
Adult , Catheter Ablation/methods , Electrocardiography , Female , Cardiac Catheterization/methods , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Humans , Male , Retrospective Studies , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/surgery
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Arq. bras. cardiol ; 71(5): 705-11, nov. 1998. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-241767

ABSTRACT

Objetivo - Estudar a importância clínica da determinação eletrofisiológica da presença de bloqueio bidirecional na condução pelo istmo localizado entre a veia cava inferior e o anel da valva tricúspide (VCI-AT), após a ablação do flutter atrial tipo I (FL) com radiofreqüência (RF). Métodos - Quarenta pacientes consecutivos (idade média 51+11 anos) com FL foram submetidos a ablação do istmo VCI-AT com RF. Em 30 pacientes (GI), o sucesso foi avaliado pela interrupção e não reiducação do FL com estimulação atrial programada. No últimos 10 pacientes foi avaliada também a condução bidirecional pelo istmo, com cateteres posicionados na sua entrada e saída e em cada lado da linha de bloqueio. O bloqueio foi considerado bidirecional quando ocorrido nos dois sentidos e unidirecional quando ocorrido em um só sentido. Resultados - Vinte e seis (86 por cento) pacientes do GI e 10 (100 por cento) do GII tiveram sucesso imediato (p=0,5558). Durante o seguimento, 7 (30 por cento) de 23 pacientes do GI e 3 (30 por cento) de 9 do GII tiveram recorrência de FL (p=NS). Os três pacientes do GII que apresentaram recorrência tinham bloqueio unidirecional, enquanto os seis casos sem recorrência tinham bloqueio bidirecional (p=0,012). Conclusão - A demonstração de bloqueio bidirecional no istmo VCI-AT, obtida imediatamente após a ablação do FL com RF, relaciona-se a menor índice de recorrência clínica, devendo ser o critério preferencial para término do procedimento.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Atrial Flutter/surgery , Catheter Ablation/methods , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Tricuspid Valve/surgery , Vena Cava, Inferior/surgery , Atrial Flutter/physiopathology , Catheter Ablation/instrumentation , Electrodes , Electrophysiology , Follow-Up Studies
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Arch. Inst. Cardiol. Méx ; 68(2): 113-8, mar.-abr 1998. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-227553

ABSTRACT

La fibrilación durante un estudio electrofisiológico en pacientes con síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White es un problema relativamente frecuente que requiere en muchas ocasiones, de la administración de antiarrítmicos o cardioversión eléctrica, prolongando el tiempo del procedimiento. El propósito de este reporte es demostrar que es factible el mapeo y la ablación de una vía accesoria manifiesta durante fibrilación auricular y que así se puede acortar la duración del estudio. Durante el estudio electrofisiológico del paciente desapareció la pre-excitación y espontáneamente o por la manipulación de los catéteres, presentó fibrilación auricular pre-excitada. Decidimos realizar el mapeo de la vía durante esta arritmia porque mostraba máxima pre-excitación y pensamos que esto pudiera facilitar el registro del potencial de Kent y el sitio de éxito de la ablación. Con el catéter de ablación en la posición lateral izquierda y subvalvular se obtuvo un electrograma ventricular precoz y una deflexión rápido previa a la actrivación ventricular que corresponde al potencial del haz de Kent y que no observamos durante latidos no pre-excitados. Al aplicar la radiofrecuencia con control de temperatura al 70ºC, se eliminó la conducción anterógrada de la vía en los primeros tres segundos y continuamos la radiofrecuencia durante 2 minutos. El tiempo del procedimiento fue de 60 minutos. Concluimos que realizar el mapeo y ablación de una vía accesoria manifiesta durante fibrilación auricular es posible y que además de acortar la duración del procedimiento de ablación puede evitar cardioversiones eléctricas repetidas


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Catheter Ablation/instrumentation , Catheter Ablation/methods , Electrocardiography/instrumentation , Electrocardiography/methods , Atrial Fibrillation/surgery , Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology , Heart Conduction System/abnormalities , Heart Conduction System/physiopathology , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/surgery , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/physiopathology
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Rev. urug. cardiol ; 10(1): 45-52, set. 1995. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-208663

ABSTRACT

La ablación por radiofrecuencia (ARF) es una técnica revolucionaria en el tratamiento de las arritmias. Su introducción en el arsenal terapéutico es relativamente reciente, con resultados excelentes. En este breve trabajo mostramos un procedimiento de ARF que utiliza una técnica diferente a la habitual. Nuestra paciente de 13 años es portadora de un síndrome de Wolf-Parkinson-White con historia de mareos y palpitaciones. Durante el estudio electrofisiológico se indujo taquicardia ortodrómica, comprobandose que el circuito de la taquicardia utilizaba el haz accesorio en forma retrógrada, que se localizó en la región postero-lateral izquierda. Un catéter de ablación se introdujo en la aurícula izquierda por vía femoral derecha a través del septum auricular, posicionándolo en el área donde se interesaba la vía anómala. Luego de 2 lesiones, utilizando ondas de radiofrecuencia se logró la ablación del haz accesorio, evidenciada por la desaparición de la onda delta y disociación ventrículo auricular por estimulación ventricular a frecuencias bajas. La técnica transeptal es ideal para esta localización, ya que el catéter es más estable, fácilmente manipulable y sin riesgo de dañar la válvula aórtica


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adolescent , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Catheter Ablation/methods , Electrocoagulation/methods , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/surgery , Cardiac Catheterization , Radio Waves/therapeutic use
10.
Indian Heart J ; 1994 Nov-Dec; 46(6): 281-5
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-4837

ABSTRACT

Forty patients (14 women and 26 men; mean age 40 +/- 13 years, range 7 to 60) diagnosed to have idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (right ventricular 28, left ventricular 12) underwent electrophysiologic study and radiofrequency catheter ablation. Echocardiography, signal averaging, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterisation with angiography were used as indicated to rule out identifiable underlying etiologies. Gross localisation of the area of origin of the ventricular tachycardia from the surface electrocardiogram could be made in all cases. Accurate localisation of the site of origin was done by activation mapping and pace mapping. Radiofrequency application was successful in achieving a cure in 34 (85%) patients, with a mean of 8.3 +/- 4.7 energy applications and a fluoroscopy time of 38 +/- 19 minutes. Unsuccessful cases were characterised by wide and slurred QRS complexes during ventricular tachycardia, possibly indicating a deeper intramyocardial or epicardial site of origin of the tachycardia. Radiofrequency ablation appears to be the treatment of choice for symptomatic idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, having a high success and safety rate.


Subject(s)
Adult , Cardiac Pacing, Artificial , Catheter Ablation , Child , Electrocardiography , Female , Cardiac Catheterization , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tachycardia, Ventricular/diagnosis
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 122(6): 667-72, jun. 1994. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-136204

ABSTRACT

Between august 1991 and august 1993, 75 patients (42 male) with Wolff Parkinson White syndrome (43 concealed) were subjected to radiofrequency ablation of accesory pathway at our institution. 55 had left, 8 postero septal, 2 anteroseptal and 10 right accesory pathways. A retrograde aortic technique with placement of the ablation catheter in close proximity to the mitral annulus was used for most of the patients with left accesory pathways and for some with posteroseptal pathways were ablated using a right heart approach placing the ablation catheter in the tricuspid annulus. Ablation was successful in 61 patients (81 per cent ). One subject developed a fatal cardiac tamponade after a transeptal catheterization and was unrelated to the ablation per se. It is concluded that radiofrequency ablation of accesory pathways is a curative procedure for a great majority of patients with Wolf Parkinson White syndrome


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Electrocoagulation/methods , Radio Waves/therapeutic use , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/surgery , Tachycardia, Supraventricular/surgery , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Heart Conduction System/physiopathology
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Arq. bras. cardiol ; 61(6): 357-360, dez. 1993. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-148886

ABSTRACT

Woman, 46 years-old with incessant supraventricular tachycardia and tachycardiomyopathy. The diagnosis of a concealed retrograde long conduction time accessory pathway was obtained with the delay of the next atrial activation by delivering a ventricular premature beat during His bundle refratoriness. During electrophysiologic investigation the earliest atrial activation was found to be within the coronary sinus ostium. Two 25 watts applications of radiofrequency were followed by the interruption of the incessant supraventricular tachycardia. The patient has remained symptom free without recurrence for 60 days. Radiofrequency was effective for the treatment of this tachycardia


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Tachycardia, Supraventricular/surgery , Heart Conduction System/abnormalities , Catheter Ablation , Tachycardia, Supraventricular/physiopathology , Electrophysiology , Heart Conduction System/surgery , Heart Conduction System/physiopathology
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