Skin Burns Associated with Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 764-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
PARAMDEEP S. DHILLON ◽  
HANNEY GONNA ◽  
ANTHONY LI ◽  
TOM WONG ◽  
DAVID E. WARD
Keyword(s):  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Erol Ulucakli
Keyword(s):  
Radiofrequency Ablation ◽  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation ◽  
Cardiac Tissue ◽  
Bioheat Transfer ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Cellular Injury ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Modality

Radiofrequency ablation could be described as a thermal strategy to destroy a tissue by increasing its temperature and causing anirreversible cellular injury. Radiofrequency ablation is a relatively new modality which has found use in a wide range of medical applications and gained acceptance. RF ablation has been used in destroying tumors in liver, prostate, breast, lung, kidney, bones, and the eye. One of the early applications in clinical setting was its use in treating supraventricular arrhythmias by selectively destroying cardiac tissue. Radiofrequency ablation has become established as the primary modality of transcatheter therapy for the treatment of symptomatic arrhythmias. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias were investigated using a finite-element based solution of bioheat transfer equation. Spatial and temporal temperature profiles in the cardiac tissue were visualized.

Radiofrequency catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardias: Part II

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
LG Futterman ◽  
L Lemberg
Keyword(s):  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation ◽  
Standard Treatment ◽  
Atrioventricular Node ◽  
Complication Rates ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
Percutaneous Catheter ◽  
Radiofrequency Current ◽  
Supraventricular Tachycardias

Use of percutaneous catheter ablation with radiofrequency current for cardiac arrhythmias is expanding rapidly. Technical ease, high success and low complication rates have allowed RFCA to become standard treatment for accessory AV connections and is the therapeutic procedure of choice for patients with atrioventricular node reentry tachycardias. Techniques still being investigated and evaluated for the treatment of supraventricular tachycardias include laser catheter ablation, cryocatheter ablation and microwave catheter ablation. With further clinical experience, the efficacy and safety of these and other procedures can be determined.

scholarly journals Incidence and Factors Predicting Skin Burns at the Site of Indifferent Electrode during Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Ibrahim ◽  
Bohuslav Finta ◽  
Jubran Rind
Keyword(s):  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Burn Patients ◽  
Procedure Time ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Indifferent Electrode ◽  
Control Study

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) has become a mainstay for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Skin burns at the site of an indifferent electrode patch have been a rare, serious, and likely an underreported complication of RFA. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of skin burns in cardiac RFA procedures performed at one institution. Also, we wanted to determine the factors predicting skin burns after cardiac RFA procedures at the indifferent electrode skin pad site.Methods.A retrospective case control study was performed to compare the characteristics in patients who developed skin burns in a 2-year period.Results.Incidence of significant skin burns after RFA was 0.28% (6/2167). Four of the six patients were female and all were Caucasians. Four controls for every case were age and sex matched. Burn patients had significantly higher BMI, procedure time, and postprocedure pain, relative to control subjects (p< 0.05, one-tailed testing). No one in either group had evidence of dispersive pad malattachment.Conclusions.Our results indicate that burn patients had higher BMI and longer procedure times compared to control subjects. These findings warrant further larger studies on this topic.

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