Yet another question on ablation

November 23, 2004

Hello all,

Many thanks to D. for directing me to a web-site

which talks about ablating a site in just one pulmonary

vein area as an option. I think I may have jumped to the

wrong conclusion? I thought that while the EPs were inside

the left atrium that they opted to ablate the sites in all

pulmonary veins that were potential causes of AFIB. At

least I thought that was what the very experienced EPs,

like the ones at the Cleveland Clinic, did. What do they do

at the Cleveland Clinic? Maybe I have been reading the

posts too hastily and have not taken the information in

correctly. Or is it possible that the approach on either

side of the Atlantic Ocean is a bit different? Any comments

to broaden my knowledge would be appreciated!

Germaine

Canada

propafenone, atenolol, warfarin

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