Journal article
Does catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation increase or reduce neurological insult?
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article will review the periprocedural and long-term risk of stroke and other adverse neurological outcomes in patients having catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
RECENT FINDINGS: Randomized trials of medication-based rhythm control for atrial fibrillation have failed to demonstrate a reduction in stroke. There is hope that catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation may provide such a benefit; however, definitive …
Authors
Healey JS; Nair GM
Journal
Current Opinion in Cardiology, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 36–40
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2012
DOI
10.1097/hco.0b013e32834d846a
ISSN
0268-4705