More Aggressive Left Atrial Ablation in Elderly Patients does not Increase Procedural Complications and Favorably Impacts Outcomes

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.020304

¹TOBIN LIM, MD, ^1,2JOHN D. DAY, MD, ^1,2J. PETER WEISS, MD, ^1,2BRIAN G. CRANDALL, MD, ¹HEIDI T. MAY, PhD, ¹TAMI L. BAIR, RN, ^1,2JEFFREY S. OSBORN, MD, ¹JEFFREY L. ANDERSON, MD, ¹JOSEPH B. MUHLESTEIN, MD, ¹DONALD L. LAPPÉ, MD, ³SRIJOY MAHAPATRA, MD and ^1,2T. JARED BUNCH, MD

¹Department of Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT

²Intermountain Heart Rhythm Specialists, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT

³Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Letter from the Section Editor: Innovative Techniques

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.020311

Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FHRS, FACC

First in vivo Real-Time Imaging of Endocardial Radiofrequency Ablation by Optical Coherence Tomography: Implications on Safety and The Birth of “Electro-structural” Substrate-Guided Ablation

DOI: 10.19102/icrm.2011.020303

^1*CHRISTINE P. FLEMING, PhD, ²NOAH ROSENTHAL, MD, ¹ANDREW M. ROLLINS, PhD and ²MAURICIO ARRUDA, MD

¹Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
²Experimental Interventional Catheterization Laboratory, Harrington-McLaughlin Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH