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Patient Selection for Epicardial Ablation-Part II: The Epicardial Approach and Current Challenges Associated with Epicardial Ablation. The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management Edward, J. A., Nguyen, D. T. 2019; 10 (11): 3906–12

Abstract

Since their inception, percutaneous epicardial approaches have become increasingly common in clinical practice with the advent of new technology and the growth of catheter ablation for both ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias. In addition to identifying the arrhythmogenic foci, there remain challenges to successful epicardial ablation such as the choice of energy source, optimizing irrigation during ablation, and anatomic barriers such as epicardial fat and coronary vessels. The performance of continued translational studies to understand how each of these factors contribute to lesion formation will be essential to guide future advances in the field of epicardial ablation.

View details for DOI 10.19102/icrm.2019.101105

View details for PubMedID 32477711