Description
This session addresses some complications of catheter ablation and identify how to mitigate risk of these complications.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the complications associated with catheter ablation strategies and technologies for the different arrythmia substrates.
- Revise the recently available data on how to mitigate complications of catheter ablation.
- Compare the risk of complications associated with different populations, different ablation strategies and different technologies.
Session Chair(s)
Laurence Sterns, MD
Presentation
No Drain, no Pain. A Stepwise Approach to Avoid Post-Procedural Pericardial Drain in Patients Undergoing Epicardial Access
Presenter(s): Andrés Felipe. Miranda-Arboleda, MD, Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, Isabella Alviz, MD, Alejandro Velasco, MD, Nestor Lopez-Cabanillas, MD, Nathaniel Steiger, MD, Thomas M. Tadros, MD, MPH, Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD, Sunil Kapur, MD, Victor Nauffal, MD, Daniela Hincapie Tabares, MD, Daniel Alejandro Campos-Villarreal, MD, Daniel Zapata, MD, Angel Armas, MD, Sebastian D. Santos Patarroyo, Carlos D. Matos, MD, Fernando Moreno, BS, William H. Sauer, MD, Jorge Romero, MD
Relationship of Atrioesophageal Fistula with the Use of Esophageal Temperature Monitoring Probes, Esophageal Visualization Techniques, and Type of Sedation: Results from the Global POTTER-AF Survey
Presenter(s): Jose L. Merino, MD, PhD, Sergio Castrejón-Castrejón, Beatriz Sanz, Vanessa Schmidt, Helmut Pürerfellner, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, Christian Heeger, Sorin Stefan. Popescu, MD, Roland R. Tilz, MD
Safety Profile Using Pulsed Field Ablation: Prospective Multicenter DISRUPT-AF Study
Presenter(s): Daniela Hincapie Tabares, MD, Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, Daniela Hincapie Tabares, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Jose Osorio, MD, John Costello, Michael R. Manogue, MD, John Donnelly, Weeranun Dechyapirom. Bode, MD, Anil Rajendra, MD, Robert E. Eckart, DO, Yoel R. Vivas, MD, Amit J. Thosani, MD, Joshua R. Silverstein, MD, Frank A. Cuoco, MBA, MD, MSBME, Jorge Romero, MD, Allyson L. Varley, MPH, PhD, Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD
Evaluation of Severe Adverse Events in Relation to Radiotherapy Dose in Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radiotherapy
Presenter(s): Wiert Hoeksema, MD, Martijn Hendrik. van der Ree, MD, Jorrit Visser, Claudia Herrera-Siklody, Joost Verhoeff, Pieter Gerard. Postema, MD, PhD, Etienne Pruvot, MD, Brian Balgobind, MD, PhD, Luis Schiappacasse
Comparison of Complications Between Laser Balloon and Cryo Balloon or Radiofrequency Ablation in : An Analysis Using the JROAD-DPC Database
Presenter(s): Ken Kawase, Reina Tonegawa-Kuji, MD, Koshiro Kanaoka, Yoko Sumita, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Kengo F. Kusano, MD, PhD
Disclosures
Andrés Miranda-Arboleda:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Jose Merino:
- Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
- MicroPort Scientific Corporation (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
- Zoll Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
- Astra Zeneca Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
- Biotronik (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Wiert Hoeksema:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Ken Kawase:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
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Education Framework
Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
-- AFib and Flutter - Catheter Ablation
-- 142. Know the indications, contraindications, expected outcomes and complications associated with catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and flutter, including during pregnancy.
Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
-- AFib and Flutter - Catheter Ablation
-- 156. Skill to recognize and manage complications associated with catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and flutter.