Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation Live Webcast
November 29, 2007
Fuqua Heart Center
Piedmont Hospital
The Heart Rhythm Society's first live webcast of the Reality EP Series was a Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation case out of the Fuqua Heart Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Expert Faculty
Operator:
Dan Dan, MD
Fuqua Heart Center
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Assisting Faculty:
Sricharan Kantipudi, MD
Fuqua Heart Center
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, GA | Moderator:
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Richmond, VA
Andrew Wickliffe, MD
Fuqua Heart Center
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, GA
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Case Description
The patient was a 54 year-old woman who started experiencing episodes of palpitations and was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation one year ago. She suffered from daily episodes of rapid palpitations associated with shortness of breath, lasting up to 30-minutes in duration.
Flecainide and Propafenone both failed to supress these episodes. The patient was anticoagulated with Coumadin.
Additionally, the patient suffered from essential hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia. The patient's left ventricular systolic function was normal and the left atrial diameter by echo was measured at 4cm.
The procedure featured Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI) using the lasso technique and 3-D mapping.
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The Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation Live Case is supported by an educational grant from:
and is part of the Heart Rhythm Society's AF360 Initiative.
