Benign symptomatic premature ventricular complexes: short− and long− term efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs and radiofrequency ablation

S Stec, A Sikorska, B Zaborska… - Polish Heart …, 2012 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: There is little data on the long-term efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) and
radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in patients with symptomatic premature ventricular …

Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of ventricular arrhythmias originating in the vicinity of his bundle

P Futyma, K Ciąpała, J Sander… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
IndiCath, St. Joseph's Heart Rhythm Center, Rzeszów, Poland) to connect tip electrode as
an intracardiac return electrode (IRE) to the RF generator (EP Shuttle, Stockert, Freiburg …

Intracardiac echocardiography for detection of thrombus in the left atrial appendage: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing …

J Baran, S Stec, E Pilichowska-Paszkiet… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the gold standard for the
exclusion of thrombi in the left atrial appendage (LAA) before ablation for atrial fibrillation …

Anatomic approach with bipolar ablation between the left pulmonic cusp and left ventricular outflow tract for left ventricular summit arrhythmias

P Futyma, P Santangeli, H Pürerfellner, NV Pothineni… - Heart Rhythm, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs)
arising from the inaccessible basal region of the left ventricular summit (LVS) is challenging …

Noninvasive assessment of left atrial fibrosis. Correlation between echocardiography, biomarkers, and electroanatomical mapping

E Pilichowska‐Paszkiet, J Baran… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Left atrial (LA) fibrosis promotes atrial fibrillation (AF), may predict poor radiofrequency
catheter ablation (RFCA) outcome, and may be assessed invasively using electroanatomical …

Bipolar radiofrequency ablation delivered from coronary veins and adjacent endocardium for treatment of refractory left ventricular summit arrhythmias

P Futyma, J Sander, K Ciąpała, R Głuszczyk… - Journal of Interventional …, 2020 - Springer
Background Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of premature ventricular complexes
(PVC) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) can be an effective method of treatment. However …

[PDF][PDF] Risk of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients scheduled for ablation for atrial fibrillation: beyond the CHA

A Sikorska, J Baran… - POLSKIE …, 2015 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of thromboembolic
events by promoting clot formation in the left atrial appendage (LAA). Transesophageal …

Cardioneuroablation changes the type of vasovagal response in patients with asystolic reflex syncope

R Piotrowski, A Żuk, J Baran, A Sikorska… - Autonomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cardioneuroablation (CNA) has been recently proposed as a new therapy in
patients with asystolic vasovagal syncope (VVS) caused by parasympathetic overactivity …

Bipolar ablation of refractory atrial and ventricular arrhythmias: importance of temperature values of intracardiac return electrodes

P Futyma, K Ciąpała, R Głuszczyk… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation (Bi‐RFCA) emerged as an option for
treatment of arrhythmias resistant to the conventional approach. Data on safety issues of Bi …

[HTML][HTML] Association Between Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and Function and the Risk of Ischaemic Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

K Dudzińska-Szczerba, P Kułakowski… - Arrhythmia & …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AF is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and has been identified as an independent risk
factor for stroke. The European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend a …