title: Role of the catheter in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: During the last decade, there has been a remarkable shift away from drug therapy toward catheter-based treatment of many tachyarrhythmias. Catheter ablation using radiofrequency energy has been shown to provide a cure for many supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias with excellent safety and has now become the first line of treatment. A review of biophysics and biology of radiofrequency energy, the technique of catheter ablation, and its application in the treatment of specific tachycardias encountered in clinical practice is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome