Event description:this complaint is from literature source.From the article: - 1 patient had experienced cerebrovascular accident.Multiple attempts were done to request for further details of the event.However, no additional information has been provided.Title: impact of systematic isolation of superior vena cava in addition to pulmonary vein antrum isolation on the outcome of paroxysmal, persistent, and permanent atrial fibrillation ablation: results from a randomized study objectives: the purpose of the study was to investigate the impact resulting from the systematic isolation of the superior vena cava (svci) in addition to pulmonary vein antrum isolation (pvai) on the outcome of paroxysmal, persistent, and permanent af ablation.A total of 320 consecutive patients who had been referred to the center in order to undergo a first attempt of af ablation were randomized into 2 groups.Group i (160 patients) underwent pvai only; group ii (160 patients) underwent pvai and svci.Data collected from 320 consecutive patients who had been referred to the center for catheter ablation of symptomatic af refractory to at least 1 antiarrhythmic drug (aad) between (b)(6) 2004 and (b)(6) 2006.Other adverse events were reported in this article: in the pvi group: - 1 patient had experienced deep-vein thrombosis, - 1 patient had experienced cardiac tamponade, in the pvi + svci group -1 patient had experienced severe pulmonary vein stenosis, -1 patient had experienced coronary artery embolism.There are no death events and device malfunctions reported in the publication.Model and catalog number are not available, but the suspected device is the an 8-mm radiofrequency ablation catheter celsius ds.Other bwi products reported in the article: circular mapping catheter lasso.Other devices: acunav, acuson inc., (b)(4), usa.
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