[Interventional arrhythmology].
Interventional arrhythmology deals with the nonpharmacological management of patients with symptomatic arrhythmias. Percutaneous catheter ablation is used to cure patients with arrhythmias due to accessory pathways or AV-node reentrant tachycardia. In patients with drug-refractory sustained, hemodynamically significant ventricular tachyarrhythmias, implantable third generation defibrillators provide an effective therapeutic modality. Our article provides a brief overview of these new therapeutic modalities and summarizes our local experience.
Fromer
M
M
Division de cardiologie, CHUV, Lausanne.
Schläpfer
J
J
Kappenberger
L
L
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000628:therapy; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000628:therapy