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March 1, 2019Journal of Thoracic DiseaseOpen Access

Catheter ablation is an effective, durable, and safe method for managing arrhythmias, and in some cases is the preferred strategy over life-long medical treatment.

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Catheter ablation for arrhythmias vs Life-long medical treatment

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Catheter ablation is an effective, durable, and safe method for managing arrhythmias, and in some cases is the preferred strategy over life-long medical treatment.

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ARAlexandre Raymond-PaquinJAJason G. AndradeLMLaurent Macle

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Overview

May support ablation preference in select arrhythmias; leaves open confirmation by prospective trials.

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Catheter ablation for arrhythmias
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Life-long medical treatment

Catheter ablation is highlighted as an effective and durable strategy for managing arrhythmias, increasingly preferred over lifelong medical therapy.

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Raymond-Paquin et al. (2019) studied this question. Catheter ablation is an effective, durable, and safe method for managing arrhythmias, and in some cases is the preferred strategy over life-long medical treatment.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a772ecbc5ab23c76cec7583https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2019.02.20
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  1. 1Advances in catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias2002 · 2 citations
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  3. 3Radiofrequency catheter ablation: a new frontier in interventional cardiology.1994 · 3 citations
  4. 4Current practice and recent advances in catheter ablation2013 · 2 citations
  5. 5ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias2001 · 20 citations