ANTICOAGULATION BEFORE AND AFTER CARDIOVERSION OR ABLATION. CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS AND MISTAKES

Volume 31, Number 1 (2021)

Agnė Česnauskaitė, Andrius Montrimas, Diana Rinkūnienė, Aras Puodžiukynas Abstract Background: Limited data exists addressing the daily use of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) patients before and after electrical cardioversion (ECV) or catheter ablation procedures. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the appropriateness of anticoagulant therapy. Methods: We evaluated the…

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias in Lithuania: the Incidence and Trends

Volume 24, Number 6(97) (2014)

Aldona Gružienė, Gintautas Vaitiekaitis, Aleksandras Vitkus, Raimundas Lekas, Tomas Kazakevičius, Algimantas Kirkutis, Algis Noreika, Darijus Skaudickas, Donatas Vasiliauskas, Greta Pečiulytė Abstract Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is minimally invasivetreatment based on a thermal tissue destruction.Having reviewed the application of RFA method ina global context, we can state that it is widely usedmodern procedure in many economically developedcountries.…