My Top 7 Articles about Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Catheter Ablation techniques are achieving success rates of 70%-85% in making patients A-Fib-free and up to 90% success when a second ablation procedure is required.
Side Benefits: A successful catheter ablation also reduces development of early onset dementia and returns your risk of stroke to that of a person without A-Fib. Catheter ablation is currently the best technique available for “curing” A-Fib.
You don’t have to live the rest of your life on medication. To seek your A-Fib cure, review these articles to learn more about catheter ablation:
1. A-Fib Research: Live Longer―Have a Catheter Ablation
2. Weight Loss Key to Reverse Atrial Fibrillation, Improve Ablation Success
3. Considering a Catheter Ablation? When Choosing Your Doctor—Know EP’s Complication Rates
4. Chances of A-Fib Recurrence After Successful Catheter Ablation
5. What are the Risks Associated with a Pulmonary Vein Ablation Procedure?
6. A-Fib Ablations: Recurrence (Re-connection) Explained
7. The Evolving Terminology of Catheter Ablation
VIDEO: Catheter Ablation For A-Fib: What it is, How it’s Done and What Results Can Be Expected. Cardiologists from the Cleveland Clinic describe the catheter ablation procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, what it is, how it’s done and what results can be expected from this surgery.
Excellent animations: showing A-Fib’s chaotic signals, and the pattern of ablation scars around the openings to the pulmonary veins. By the Cleveland Clinic (4:00 min.) Go to Catheter Ablation video.