AFIB ABLATION PILOT: Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation by Radiofrequency.

Review: A European multicenter registry, (mainly in France, Italy and Germany), which included 1,410 patients – evidence of real-world – in which ablation performed by radiofrequency had a success rate of 74% (without arrhythmias to 3 months) and a low rate of complications, (2.6%, 0.54% CVA and 0.71% vascular injuries). With patients in whom the procedure was successful, 18% required a second ablation and 51% antiarrhythmic therapy, although the total number of patients in the proportion of patients receiving antiarrhythmic therapy accounted for 32%.

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Elena Arbelo
2012-08-27

Original title: AFIB ABLATION PILOT: ESC-EURObservational Research Programme: 1-year follow-up of the Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Conducted by the European Heart Rhythm Association

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