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Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is a minimally invasive heart procedure to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). [1]It is a percutaneous, minimally invasive procedure performed by an interventional cardiologist to relieve symptoms and improve functional status in eligible patients with severely symptomatic HCM who meet strict clinical, anatomic and physiologic selection criteria.
Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radio-frequency energy or other sources to terminate or modify a faulty electrical pathway from sections of the heart of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
The left atrial appendage can be purposefully occluded (i.e. closed) to help prevent the formation of clots in one of two ways. The Lariat procedure is a surgical procedure that can be performed to ligate the left atrial appendage from outside the heart. Endovascular implant is a catheter-based procedure used to place an occlusion device inside ...
Atrial fibrillation ( AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [ 11][ 12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [ 4] It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial ...
ICD-9-CM. 37.33. [ edit on Wikidata] The Cox maze procedure, also known as maze procedure, is a type of heart surgery for atrial fibrillation . "Maze" refers to the series of incisions arranged in a maze -like pattern in the atria. Today, various methods of minimally invasive maze procedures, collectively named minimaze procedures, are used.
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is focused on preventing temporary circulatory instability, stroke and other ischemic events. Control of heart rate and rhythm are principally used to achieve the former, while anticoagulation may be employed to decrease the risk of stroke. [ 1] Within the context of stroke, the discipline may be ...
antiarrythmic agents, diuretics, catheter ablation, pacemaker [ 1] Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes an impairment of the myocardium (heart muscle), which can result in heart failure. [ 1][ 5] People with TIC may have symptoms ...
0.2% [ 1] Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome ( WPWS) is a disorder due to a specific type of problem with the electrical system of the heart involving an accessory pathway able to conduct electrical current between the atria and the ventricles, thus bypassing the atrioventricular node. [ 2][ 3] About 60% of people with the electrical problem ...