(PRWEB) February 2, 2005
A recent study published in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) determined that the use of catheter ablation to treat supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is not detrimental to patients. This data refutes previous evidence which suggested a high incidence of injury to a patientÂ’s cardiac nerves, possibly resulting in accelerated heart rates following the procedure.
This analysis, supported in part by the National Institute of Health and led by Steven M. Markowitz at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center assessed the function of cardiac nerves in patients undergoing catheter ablation with radiofrequency energy. It was determined that no significant injury occurs to cardiac nerves as a result of ablation, and adjustments in heart rate during the process are transitory and are related primarily to medications and other procedural variables.
Catheter ablation has grow to be a regular therapy for SVT which is an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm including such particular conditions as atrial fibrillation, AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia, and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
About the Author
Dr. Steven M. Markowitz, is in the Division of Cardiology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. In addition to being past president of the New York Cardiology Fellows Association and a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology, he is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the Heart Rhythm Society/NASPE. He can be reached for questions and interviews at smarkow@med.cornell.edu or 212-746-6951.
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Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) is the foremost peer-reviewed journal in the field of pacing and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, publishing over 50% of all English language articles in its field, featuring original, review, and didactic papers, and case reports related to daily practice. Articles also incorporate editorials, book reviews, Musings on humane topics relevant to medical practice, electrophysiology (EP) Rounds, and details concerning the high quality of devices used in the practice of the specialty.
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