Abstract:
PURPOSE:To review the radiofrequency ablation method, describe the technique, and discuss the indications, results, and limitations of its use in patients with cardiac tachyarrhythmias. DATA SOURCES:Peer-reviewed reports in the literature by clinical investigators who use radiofrequency catheter ablation as identified by a MEDLINE search and our own experience with this intervention in 214 patients with cardiac tachyarrhythmias. STUDY SELECTION:All articles reporting results of radiofrequency ablation for cardiac tachyarrhythmias and articles describing the ablation technique or comparing it with direct-current or surgical methods. RESULTS OF DATA SYNTHESIS:Percutaneous catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias using high-voltage, direct current was limited by a high complication rate and a need for general anesthesia. This method was recently replaced by a new safe and efficacious technique using low-voltage, high-frequency (radiofrequency) alternating current. Nonsurgical cure of many supraventricular arrhythmias is now feasible with radio-frequency ablation, especially in patients with accessory pathways or atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. For these arrhythmias, success rates are greater than 90%. The indications for ablation include preexcitation syndromes, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, and other selected atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias refractory to antiarrhythmic drug therapy. The efficacy and safety profile of this technique has made it feasible for children as well as adults. CONCLUSIONS:Percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation has evolved as a safe and effective method for managing and curing the two most common forms of supraventricular tachycardia: those associated with preexcitation syndromes and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Further studies are needed to determine the efficacy of this method or to evaluate alternative transcatheter techniques in patients with atrial tachycardias and, more importantly, in the large population of patients with ischemic ventricular tachycardia.
journal_name
Ann Intern Medjournal_title
Annals of internal medicineauthors
Manolis AS,Wang PJ,Estes NA 3rddoi
10.7326/0003-4819-121-6-199409150-00010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-09-15 00:00:00pages
452-61issue
6eissn
0003-4819issn
1539-3704journal_volume
121pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine, through structured methodologic review of published articles, the effectiveness of short-course (< or = 2 weeks) antibiotic therapy for catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DATA SOURCES:English-language publications on catheter-related S. aureus bacteremia identified using MEDLINE...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-119-4-199308150-00010
更新日期:1993-08-15 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Little is known about whether insurance expansion affects the location and type of emergency department (ED) use. Understanding these changes can inform state-level decisions about the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Objective:To investigate the effect of the 2...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.7326/M16-0086
更新日期:2017-02-07 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To document the effects of treatment with famciclovir on the acute signs and symptoms of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. SETTING:36 centers in the United States, Canada, and Australia. PATIENTS:419 immunocompetent adults wi...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-123-2-199507150-00002
更新日期:1995-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::A cohort of both active and retired older cotton textile workers was examined prospectively over a 6-year period to establish the nature and extent of chronic lung disease. Respiratory symptoms and lung function were studied in these workers and in a group of similarly aged controls. The cotton textile workers had hig...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-97-5-645
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Testing has been advocated for all persons with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer to identify families with the Lynch syndrome, an autosomal dominant cancer-predisposition syndrome that is a paradigm for personalized medicine. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to i...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-155-2-201107190-00002
更新日期:2011-07-19 00:00:00
abstract::The four main conceptual paradigms of basic biomedical research are that the explication of mechanisms is a primary goal of science; that scientific data must be "hard"; that formulation of hypotheses and counter-hypotheses is a principal creative challenge; and that experiments are the main mechanism for using scient...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-99-3-393
更新日期:1983-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2004-07-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-138-6-200303180-00011
更新日期:2003-03-18 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-104-4-527
更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/AITC202011030
更新日期:2020-11-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00010
更新日期:1998-04-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Radiation therapy is one of many treatment options for patients with prostate cancer. PURPOSE:To update findings on the clinical and biochemical outcomes of radiation therapies for localized prostate cancer. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE (2007 through March 2011) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Tria...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-155-3-201108020-00347
更新日期:2011-08-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-89-4-467
更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that work as a respiratory therapist is associated with an increased risk of developing asthma. DESIGN:Cross-sectional questionnaire study comparing respiratory therapists with controls (physical therapists and radiologic technologists). Subsequent validation of reported asthma w...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-110-10-767
更新日期:1989-05-15 00:00:00
abstract:SOURCE CITATION:Mahady SE, Margolis KL, Chan A, et al. Major GI bleeding in older persons using aspirin: incidence and risk factors in the ASPREE randomised controlled trial. Gut. 2020. [Epub ahead of print.] 32747412. ...
journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/ACPJ202101190-004
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-96-2-208
更新日期:1982-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-93-2-275
更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-142-5-200503010-00006
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-103-1-42
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-112-7-485
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1997-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-86-3-304
更新日期:1977-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-116-12-990
更新日期:1992-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00007
更新日期:2007-07-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-94-6-771
更新日期:1981-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-6-200003210-00011
更新日期:2000-03-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/M18-0343
更新日期:2018-08-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-108-6-824
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of internal medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-111-11-887
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00