Facilitated Coupling of Magnetic Introducers During Thoracoscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Abstract

A 51-year-old man with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation underwent a hybrid ablation procedure with right thoracoscopic epicardial ablation. Fluoroscopy was utilized in a novel way to visualize the magnetic tip catheters of the linear ablation surgical device and allow easier coupling of the tips, making this procedure more efficient and reducing the risk of improper positioning of the ablation device.

Keywords

fluoroscopy magnetic catheters hybrid ablation

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Bisleri

Muneretto

. Innovative monolateral approach for closed-chest atrial fibrillation surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 80: e22–e25.doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.046

Muneretto

Bisleri

Bontempi

et al. Durable staged hybrid ablation with thoracoscopic and percutaneous approach for treatment of long-standing atrial fibrillation: a 30-month assessment with continuous monitoring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 144: 1460–1465.doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.069

Rosati

Muneretto

Merati

et al. Epicardial, biatrial ablation with integrated uni-bipolar radiofrequency technology in stand-alone persistent atrial fibrillation. Innovations 2018; 13: 114–119.doi:10.1097/imi.0000000000000482

Supplementary Material

Please find the following supplemental material available below.

For Open Access articles published under a Creative Commons License, all supplemental material carries the same license as the article it is associated with.

For non-Open Access articles published, all supplemental material carries a non-exclusive license, and permission requests for re-use of supplemental material or any part of supplemental material shall be sent directly to the copyright owner as specified in the copyright notice associated with the article.

16.17 MB

8.70 MB

0.00 MB