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Tachycardia

New tachycardia research from Y. Ishi and co-researchers described

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, December 21st, 2008

"Atrial tachycardia is a troublesome and medically refractory complication after surgery for atrial fibrillation. Incomplete surgical ablation during atrial fibrillation surgery can result in residual conduction over the lesions and postoperative atrial tachycardia," investigators in Tokyo, Japan report.

"Intraoperative verification of conduction block would detect incomplete ablation lesions and direct repeat ablations to prevent postoperative atrial tachycardia. The incidence of postoperative atrial tachycardia was examined in 218 patients who underwent atrial fibrillation surgery between November of 1994 and October of 2007. No conduction block across any ablation...

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