A Seven-year Experience for The Surgical Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Bin XIE
Hui-ming GUO
Ruo-bin WU
Cong LU
摘要：Objective A 7-year experience for the treatment strategy using mono- and bi-polar radiofrequency (RF) ablation procedures in a heterogeneous group of patients was reported. Methods Between July 2003 and May 2009, the data of 314 consecutive patients aged 13 -75 (48. 70 + 11.09)undergone the radiofrequency ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with concomitant cardiac surgery were analyzed. Monopolar was used for 91 patients; Medtronic bi-polar RF ablation procedure for 92 patients and Atricure RF ablation procedure for 131 patients. All patients were combined with valve surgery. Regular follow-ups were performed at 3, 6 month after surgery. Results Hospital mortality after combined open heart and surgical RF ablation was 0 %. The success rates for sinus rhythm con-version with monopolar RF were 73.6 % immediately, 74. 7 % at 3 months, 79. 1% at 6 months; with Medtronic bi-polar RF, the rates were 78.3 % immediately, 82. 8 % at 3 months, 84 % at 6 months; with Atricure bi-polar RF, the rates were 82. 4 % immediately, 84. 1% at 3 months, 83.9 % at 6 months. Conclusions The use of RF ablation pro-cedures is a safe and efficient option to cure AF during open heart surgery in a selective group of patients.
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分类号：R5(内科学)
论文发表日期：2009-04-02
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 74-79 )
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