Virtual and real assessment of a wide antral ablated region in atrial fibrillation patients using the hot balloon system

Abstract

Abstract The hot balloon system has become widely used for atrial fibrillation ablation and also has software for preoperative computer simulation. The computer model may be useful for predicting the extent of a wide planar ablation region in the left atrium.

Keywords

• atrial fibrillation
• catheter ablation
• computer simulation
• hot balloon ablation