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Question Title: Anyone with SVT or AFIB should read this!!!!

Forum: The Heart Forum
Topic: Electrophy


HELLO,
Anyone considering having electrophysiology should check out a web site at
www.cardima.com , it is a very resourceful page explaining the procedure with
great animation and super explanations. Also a question for the doctors, I was
wondering if any of you have tried this new product ( using the venous route to
perform EP studies) and if so how you feel about it and its safety. It seems
like it may be a new alternative for SVT suferers that cant have ablation. It
also seems to me to be a safer route than the old fashioned artery approach.
If anyone else has heard of this new procedure or had it done please respond.
THANKS ALOT,
MC


Dear Matthew, thank you for your question and recommendations. I'm not sure what you mean by the venous approach in your question. Ablation procedures are most often performed with catheters that are inserted into the femoral veins in the legs, but can also be done with catheters inserted into the subclavian veins beneath the collarbones. Only rarely are ablation procedures done via an arterial approach on the left side of the heart - this is not new. If you could please write back with more specific questions given the new information I've listed, I may be better able to answer your question.

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