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Outcomes of Patients With vs. Without Pre-Ablation Transesophageal Echocardiogram

American College of Cardiology

Patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation who were not properly anticoagulated and did not undergo preprocedural transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) were significantly more likely to suffer from transient ischemic attack (TIA) or pulmonary embolism (PE).

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PO-01-054 TRENDS AND OUTCOMES OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY USE PRIOR TO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NCDR® AFIB ABLATION REGISTRY®

HeartRhythm

Preprocedural transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) has been a routine component of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation procedures since the origin of this procedure. However, practice changes regarding preprocedural imaging and anticoagulation management have reduced the necessity of pre-ablation TEE.

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News from EHRA 2024: International Experts Agree on Standards for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

DAIC

An international consensus statement on how to treat atrial fibrillation with catheter or surgical ablation has been published in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and was recently presented at EHRA 2024, a scientific congress held April 7-9 in Berlin, Germany. Image courtesy: European Society of Cardiology.