At the 2019 EHRA congress in Lisbon, Dr Luigi Di Biase (Professor of Medicine [Cardiology], Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, US) discusses the current complications during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures and the best ways to help minimise the risks.
Filmed at EHRA 2019, Lisbon.
Speaker’s Disclosures: Dr Di Biase is a consultant for Biosense Webster and Stereoataxis and has received speaker honoraria/travel from Biosense Webster, St. Jude Medical (now Abbott), Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Biotronik, Pfizer and Bristol Meyers Squibb.
Questions:
1. What complications can arise during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures? (0:13)
2. Which of these complications poses the greatest challenges to treatment? (2:09)
3. What practical advice can you provide to help minimise risk of complications during atrial fibrillation ablation? (3:15)
4. Please tell us your hopes for this 2019 congress in Lisbon? (4:30)
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