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radio-frequency energy or other sources to terminate or modify a faulty electrical pathway from sections of the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> of those who are prone to developing <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrhythmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiac arrhythmia">cardiac arrhythmias</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atrial_flutter" title="Atrial flutter">atrial flutter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wolff-Parkinson-White_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome">Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome</a>. If not controlled, such arrhythmias increase the risk of <a href="/wiki/Ventricular_fibrillation" title="Ventricular fibrillation">ventricular fibrillation</a> and sudden <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a>. The ablation procedure can be classified by energy source: <a href="/wiki/Radiofrequency_ablation" title="Radiofrequency ablation">radiofrequency ablation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cryoablation" title="Cryoablation">cryoablation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medical_uses">Medical uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catheter_ablation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Medical uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catheter ablation may be recommended for a recurrent or persistent <a href="/wiki/Heart_arrhythmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart arrhythmia">arrhythmia</a> resulting in symptoms or other dysfunction. <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">Atrial fibrillation</a> frequently results from bursts of <a href="/wiki/Tachycardia" title="Tachycardia">tachycardia</a> that originate in muscle bundles extending from the <a href="/wiki/Atrium_(heart)" title="Atrium (heart)">atrium</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_vein" title="Pulmonary vein">pulmonary veins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid22381430_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid22381430-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pulmonary vein isolation by transcatheter ablation can restore <a href="/wiki/Sinus_rhythm" title="Sinus rhythm">sinus rhythm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid22381430_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid22381430-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Effectiveness">Effectiveness</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catheter_ablation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Effectiveness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catheter ablation of most arrhythmias has a high success rate. Success rates for WPW syndrome have been as high as 95% <sup id="cite_ref-pmid8087753_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid8087753-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For <a href="/wiki/Supraventricular_tachycardia" title="Supraventricular tachycardia">Supraventricular tachycardia</a> (SVT), single procedure success is 91% to 96% (95% Confidence Interval) and multiple procedure success is 92% to 97% (95% Confidence Interval).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For atrial flutter, single procedure success is 88% to 95% (95% Confidence Interval) and multiple procedure success is 95% to 99% (95% Confidence Interval).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For automatic atrial tachycardias, the success rates are 70–90%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The potential complications include bleeding, blood clots, pericardial tamponade, and heart block, but these risks are very low, ranging from 2.6 to 3.2%. </p><p>For non-paroxysmal <a href="/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation" title="Atrial fibrillation">atrial fibrillation</a>, a 2016 systematic review compared catheter ablation to heart rhythm drugs. After 12 months, participants receiving catheter ablation were more likely to be free of atrial fibrillation, and less likely to need cardioversion. However, the evidence quality ranged from moderate to very low<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2006 study, including both paroxysmal and non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, found that the success rates are 28% for single procedures. Often, several procedures are needed to raise the success rate to a 70–80% range.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid17019636_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid17019636-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One reason for this may be that once the heart has undergone atrial remodeling as in the case of chronic atrial fibrillation patients, largely 50 and older, it is much more difficult to correct the 'bad' electrical pathways. Young people with AF with paroxysmal, or intermittent, AF therefore have an increased chance of success with an ablation since their heart has not undergone atrial remodeling yet.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Several experienced teams of electrophysiologists in US heart centers claim they can achieve up to a 75% success rate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Pulmonary vein isolation has been found to be more effective than optimized antiarrhythmic drug therapy for improving quality of life at 12 months after treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Catheter ablation has been found to improve mental health outcomes in individuals with symptomatic atrial fibrillation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2018 study showed efficacy of cardiac ablation for treatment of <a href="/wiki/Premature_ventricular_contraction" title="Premature ventricular contraction">Premature Ventricular Contraction</a> as 94.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid30170545_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid30170545-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technique">Technique</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catheter_ablation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Technique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catheter ablation is usually performed by an <a href="/wiki/Clinical_cardiac_electrophysiology" title="Clinical cardiac electrophysiology">electrophysiologist</a> (a specially trained <a href="/wiki/Cardiologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiologist">cardiologist</a>) in a <a href="/wiki/Cath_lab" class="mw-redirect" title="Cath lab">cath lab</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Catheter ablation procedure involves advancing several flexible <a href="/wiki/Catheters" class="mw-redirect" title="Catheters">catheters</a> into the patient's <a href="/wiki/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel">blood vessels</a>, usually either in the <a href="/wiki/Femoral_vein" title="Femoral vein">femoral vein</a>, internal jugular vein, or <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_vein" title="Subclavian vein">subclavian vein</a>. The catheters are then advanced towards the heart. The catheters have electrodes at the tips that can measure the electrical signals from the heart. These electrodes create a map of the abnormal pathways causing arrhythmias. Then, the electrophysiologist uses the map to identify areas from which abnormal heart rhythms originate.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once the abnormal areas are located, catheters are used to deliver energy via local heating or freezing to <a href="/wiki/Ablation#Medicine" title="Ablation">ablate</a> (destroy) the abnormal tissue that is causing the arrhythmia. The energy is applied cautiously to avoid damaging healthy heart tissue.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, a <a href="/wiki/Direct_current" title="Direct current">DC</a> impulse was used to create lesions in the intra-cardiac conduction system.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid7148651_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid7148651-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to a high incidence of complications, widespread use was never achieved. </p><p>In contrast to the thermal methods (extreme heat or cold) <a href="/wiki/Electroporation" title="Electroporation">electroporation</a> is being used and evaluated as a means of killing very small areas of heart muscle. The cardiac catheter delivers trains of high-voltage ultra-rapid electrical pulses that form irreversible pores in cell membranes, resulting in cell death of cardiac muscle, while not killing adjacent tissues (<a href="/wiki/Esophagus" title="Esophagus">esophagus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phrenic_nerve" title="Phrenic nerve">phrenic nerve</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-pmid37427302_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid37427302-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is thought to allow better selectivity than the previous thermal techniques, which used heat or cold to kill larger volumes of muscle.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid37354168_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid37354168-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One type of catheter ablation is pulmonary vein isolation, where the ablation is done in the left atrium in the area where the 4 pulmonary veins connect.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation can be unipolar (one electrode) or bipolar (two electrodes).<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29792146_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29792146-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although bipolar can be more successful, it is technically more difficult, resulting in unipolar being used more often.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29792146_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29792146-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But bipolar is more effective in preventing recurrent atrial arrhythmias.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29326836_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29326836-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the procedure, the patient's heart rhythm is monitored continuously. The electrophysiologist can observe changes to the patient's cardiac electrical activity to determine the success of the ablation. If the cardiac rhythm shows no abnormal signals or arrhythmias, the catheters are withdrawn from the heart and the incision is closed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recovery_or_rehabilitation">Recovery or rehabilitation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catheter_ablation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recovery or rehabilitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After catheter ablation the patients are moved to a cardiac recovery unit, intensive care unit, or <a href="/wiki/Coronary_care_unit" title="Coronary care unit">cardiovascular intensive care unit</a> where they are not allowed to move for 4–6 hours. Minimizing movement helps prevent bleeding from the site of catheter insertion. Some people have to stay overnight for observation, some need to stay much longer and others are able to go home on the same day. This all depends on the problem, the length of the operation and whether or not <a href="/wiki/General_anaesthetic" title="General anaesthetic">general anaesthetic</a> was used.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Recurrence of atrial fibrillation within three months of an ablation is seen in most patients, but many of those patients become free of atrial fibrillation in the long term.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29016840_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29016840-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For this reason the first three months after an ablation are described as the "blanking period," during which no further intervention is to be attempted.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29016840_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29016840-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recurrence during the nine months following the blanking period, occurs in 25% to 40% of patients, the variability greatly affected by obesity and the severity of atrial fibrillation before the ablation.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid29016840_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid29016840-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Complications">Complications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catheter_ablation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Complications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some potential complications associated with the procedure include:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Bleeding - <a href="/wiki/Catheter" title="Catheter">catheter insertion</a> into arteries or veins can cause bleeding at the insertion site.</li> <li>Blood vessel damage - insertion of the catheter can also damage the blood vessels and lead to hematoma, which is a collection of blood outside the blood vessels, or vessel perforation.</li> <li>Infection - infections can occur at the catheter insertion site or in the heart tissue. Patients require additional treatment if infection is a complication.</li> <li>Blood clots - catheterization can cause blood clots to form in the vessels. These clots can be <a href="/wiki/Thrombosis" title="Thrombosis">thrombotic</a>, possibly causing <a href="/wiki/Embolism" title="Embolism">embolism</a> in major organs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pericardial_effusion" title="Pericardial effusion">Pericardial effusion</a> - the ablation procedure can irritate the heart tissue and lead to accumulation of fluid under the pericardium (lining of the heart).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiac_tamponade" title="Cardiac tamponade">Cardiac tamponade</a> - Similarly, if greater amounts of fluid accumulate around the heart due to irritation of the heart tissue, it can put pressure on the heart leading to tamponade. This is a serious condition as it affects the heart's ability to pump blood to the body and thus requires immediate intervention.</li> <li>Arrhythmia - the ablation procedure can result in a new rhythm disturbance in the heart.</li></ul> <p>Patients may also experience a return of the arrhythmia after the procedure, requiring them to undergo further treatment. However, in general this procedure is considered a safe, effective, and minimally invasive method to treat arrhythmias. Studies have shown that the overall complication rate of cardiac ablation procedures is about 6%.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)"><span title="Material near this tag needs references to reliable medical sources. 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