Abstract Background: The high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the postoperative period of myocardial revascularization surgery increases morbidity and mortality. Objective: To assess the efficacy of colchicine to prevent AF in the postoperative period of myocardial revascularization surgery, the impact of AF on hospital length of stay and death, and to identify its risk factors. Methods: Between May 2...
OBJETIVO: Estudar uma série de pacientes submetidos a ablação por cateter, com radiofreqüência (RF) de vias acessórias (VA) esquerdas mediante abordagem transeptal (TS), comparando-os aos pacientes submetidos ao mesmo tipo de procedimento por abordagem arterial retrógrada (AR) convencional. MÉTODOS: Cem pacientes consecutivos (56 masculinos; 34,3 ± 11 anos de idade), portadores de 100 VA esquerdas (62 manifesta...
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether recording of the activation potential may be used as an isolated criterion to guide catheter ablation of atriofascicular Mahaim fibers. METHODS: We studied 6 patients (5 females, mean age of 26±7.3 years) with paroxysmal tachycardias with a wide QRS complex, whose electrophysiological study diagnosed atriofascicular Mahaim fibers. Mapping and catheter ablation were performed in s...