Irreversible electroporation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
Irreversible electroporation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
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- Sugrue A, Maor E, Ivorra A, Vaidya V, Witt C, Kapa S, Asirvatham S. Irreversible electroporation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018;16(5):349-60. DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2018.1459185
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Abstract
Cardiac ablation is an established treatment modality for the management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias. Current approaches to cardiac ablation employ thermal based energy to achieve lesions (damage) within the heart. There are many shortcomings and limitations of thermal based approaches. Electroporation (DC energy) is a non-thermal alternative approach to ablation has shown significant promise in animal studies.