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The Interplay Between Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing

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The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 175))

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In contrast to direct current catheter ablation, the curative amount of energy of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation can be better dosed and located. General anesthesia is usually not required.1–5 This is the reason why the advent of RF catheter ablation for selective elimination of tissue responsible for clinical arrhythmias has greatly widened the therapeutical scope of clinical arrhythmias in the past five years.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

    N. M. Van Hemel

  2. Heart Lung Institute, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    F. H. M. Wittkampf

  3. Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    H. Ector

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van Hemel, N.M. (1995). The Interplay Between Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing. In: Van Hemel, N.M., Wittkampf, F.H.M., Ector, H. (eds) The Pacemaker Clinic of the 90’s. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0347-3_11

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