Safety and Feasibility of Leadless Pacemaker in Patients Undergoing Atrioventricular node Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Atrioventricular node (AV) ablation and permanent pacing is an established strategy for rate control in the management of symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). Leadless pacemakers (LP) can overcome some of the short-term and long-term limitations of conventional transvenous pacemakers (CTP).

Source: Heart Rhythm - February 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bharath Yarlagadda, Mohit K. Turagam, Tawseef Dar, Pragna Jangam, Vaishnavi Veerapaneni, Donita Atkins, Sudharani Bommana, Paul Friedman, Abhishek J. Deshmukh, Rahul Doshi, Vivek Y. Reddy, Srinivas R. Dukkipati, Andrea Natale, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy Source Type: research