title: Cardioblate surgical ablation system.
abstract: Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia and represents a considerable health burden. In recent years there has been an increased interest in ablation treatment of atrial fibrillation. The Cardioblate surgical ablation system offers a complete system for surgical ablation as a concomitant or lone atrial fibrillation procedure. Saline-irrigated radiofrequency energy is used to produce electrically isolating lines in the atrial tissue. A range of disposable devices can be connected to the generator. A comprehensive review of the devices and the results achieved with the system is given. The system is compared with other alternative energy sources and to the Cox-Maze procedure.
authors.affiliation: St Elisabeth Department of Heart and Lung Surgery, St Olavs University Hospital and Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway. alexander.wahba@ntnu.no
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahba
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical