title: Closed heart cryoablation of the His bundle using an anterior septal approach.
abstract: His bundle cryosurgical ablation using a closed heart anterior septal approach was used in 6 patients. There were 3 men and 3 women, aged 24 to 73 years. Three patients had atrial fibrillation and 2 patients had atrial flutter (2 with combined episodes of atrial tachycardia). One patient had atrial tachycardia. Five patients had no structural heart disease and 1 patient had left ventricular dilatation (ejection fraction, 0.35). All patients undergoing His bundle cryosurgical ablation had permanent heart block without intraoperative complications (mean follow-up, 25 months). Closed heart anteroseptal cryoablation of the His bundle is effective and is an alternative to attempted catheter ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, London, Canada.
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Louagie
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Guiraudon
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002036:Bundle of His / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery*