PREVALENCE OF PERI-PROCEDURAL PULMONARY EDEMA IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HEART FAILURE UNDERGOING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OPTIVOL INDEX IN PREDICTING PERI-PROCEDURAL EVENTS

Authors :: Antonio Russo
Salwa Beheiry
Jason Zagrodzky
Prasant Mohanty
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Agnes Pump
G. Joseph Gallinghouse
Michela Casella
J. David Burkhardt
Robert Canby
Pasquale Santangeli
Javier Sanchez
Sanghamitra Mohanty
T. Metz
Andrea Natale
Rodney Horton
Luigi Di Biase
Larry D. Price
Subba Reddy Vanga
Rong Bai
Claude S. Elayi
Shane Bailey
Barbara Thomas
Claudio Tondo
Richard Hongo
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (13):E725
Publisher :: American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: ICD with resynchronization therapy can provide information on the intrathoracic fluid status of the pts by measuring transpulmonary electric bioimpedance, Out of 2185 consecutive pts undergoing catheter ablation for AF with an open irrigated catheter, 132 (6p) had heart failure (HF). CRT-D

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