title: Radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
abstract: Until recently, catheter-based radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation was limited to palliative approaches of either atrioventricular node ablation or modification. It is now recognized that at least a proportion of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation may be suitable for curative ablation of an underlying single arrhythmogenic focus. With the intense interest in this area, a catheter-based cure involving endocardial linear lesion creation for patients with chronic or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation may not be far in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kalman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Scheinman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000503:physiopathology