Radiofrequency ablation as a concomitant procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019), Review Article
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)

Radiofrequency ablation as a concomitant procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery

Review Article
Published 2019-06-30
Kaushal K Tiwari
Associate Professor, Head of Department, Department of CTVS, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
Tommaso Gasbarri
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, G. Paquinucci Heart Hospital, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Via Aurelia Sud, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Stefano Bevilacqua
Cardiac Surgeon, Department of CVTS, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Manish Jawarkar
Cardiac Surgeon, Department of CVTS, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Mausam Shah
Cardiac Surgeon, Department of CVTS, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Chirag Doshi
Cardiac Surgeon, Department of CVTS, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Mattia Glauber
Professor, Head of Department, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Instituto clinic Sant Ambrogio, Gruppo ospedaliero San Donato, Milan, Italy.
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Keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgery.

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Tiwari, K. K., Gasbarri, T., Bevilacqua, S., Jawarkar, M., Shah, M., Doshi, C., & Glauber, M. (2019). Radiofrequency ablation as a concomitant procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 8(2), 108–115. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/908
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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of arrhythmia with increasing burden for stroke and thromboembolic events. Medical treatment of atrial fibrillation has not shown promising results, so alternative method of treatment is emerging ou

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