Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Early Career

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Residents also received instruction in mitral valve and aortic valve surgery, giving and receiving feedback in the operating room, and the importance of performing ablation. The best parts of the Boot Camp were learning the basics of CT surgery, the vast topics covered (transthoracic echocardiogram, lobectomy, etc.)

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

After three unsuccessful cardioversions and refractory episodes despite Dronedarone therapy, he was scheduled for an ablation. A pre-procedural transesophageal echocardiogram showed a left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction of 55%, mild concentric LV hypertrophy, and mild left atrial enlargement. He was loaded with amiodarone.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 11, 2024

Afterward, a transesophageal echocardiogram guided implantation of both a Micra AV 2 (Medtronic) leadless pacemaker in the interventricular septum within the right ventricle and an Aveir (Abbott) leadless pacemaker in the superior base of the right atrial appendage was performed with successful pacing.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She had an echocardiogram which was normal. There is no need to immediately refer today’s patient to EP for ablation. Patients should be offered a choice for a trial of medication vs ablation for this non-life-threatening arrhythmia. I’ve had pregnant patients who only got their reentry SVTs during their pregnancy.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 30, 2024

Echocardiogram showing thickened interventricular septum and mitral regurgitation in HCM. Cases are on record, in which ablation of the fourth septal artery has been done to ameliorate the obstruction in mid cavity obstruction. The role of cath now a days is mostly for septal ablation. Doppler echo showing LVOT gradient in HCM.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The patient was found to have a "concealed" posteroseptal pathway (WPW without delta waves) confirmed to have SVT at EP study and was ablated. Here is the Electrophysilogist's note: "Only 1 pathway attachment could be ablated, the second one deep within the CS could not be ablated with high power. The echo was normal.

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

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.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Abstract Introduction Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) reduces heart failure (HF) hospitalization in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, the long-term outcomes and subclinical HF after nonparoxysmal AF ablation in HFpEF patients have not been fully evaluated.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 31, 2024

BackgroundAlthough successful atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation can maintain sinus rhythm and reduce the left atrial (LA) dimension, blunted LA reverse remodeling can be observed in patients with atrial myopathy. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The patient has been scheduled for a PVC ablation procedure. Our patient was referred for EP study with a plan of PVC ablation if possible. The various idiopathic VTs usually can be controlled well with medical treatment and/or catheter ablation therapy. It is reasonable to perform an echocardiogram to evaluate LV function.

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