[HSF] AF - LCPV

[Nasser F. Abou'Seada]

Dear Prasanna, would you please elaborate more on how you do tackle this
point of ablating the left common pulmonary vein - the common
orifice- utilizing your technique of spray diathermy? .... what
energy settings do you use here at this site, compared to other sites ?

NFA

On 6/3/07, prasannasimha <prasannasimha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The left superior pulmonary vein is one of the most common sites of Afib
> triggers and this is the one which is most important to ablate.
> Unfortunately many do not pay attention to it and then complain of
> reduced rates of conversion of Afib.The other variation to pay special
> attention is the left common pulmonary vein- the common orifice should
> be ablated as there are triggers between the common ostium and the
> individual ostia and is another important consideration.
>
> Prasanna
> Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> > John,
> >   I've used Cryocath for the last 4-5 years.  I've got a poster  in the
> > upcoming Society of Heart Valve Disease in 10 days in which my  results
> were
> > outlined. You can go to their website and get the  abstract.  The bottom
> line is
> > that 95% of the patients were in AV synchrony  at their last
> followup.  That is
> > quite comparable to a "cut and sew"  maze.  One of the main advantages
> it has
> > over Atricure is that the left  pulmonary vein lesions are done
> endocardially.
> > Dissecting the left  pulmonary veins on a redo so that you can get an
> > Atricure clamp around them is  no picnic.
> > Hal
> >
> >
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