Cor Vasa 2012, 54(11-12):e428-e432 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.11.012

Follow-up of patients after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and their clinical management

Tomáš Skála

I. interní klinika - kardiologická, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého a Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc, Olomouc, Česká republika

ECG monitoring after catheter ablation is a necessary part of care of patients with atrial fibrillation. A significant number of patients after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation have sooner or later arrhythmia recurrence. The riskier the patient, the bigger the impact of a potential arrhythmia and the more intensive effort to monitor ECG after ablation should be made. An integral part of follow-up of patients after catheter ablation is not only monitoring for potential arrhythmia recurrence but also monitoring for complications of ablation, antiarrhythmic and antithrombotic drugs prescription, influencing of atrial fibrillation development risk factors and considering reablation.

Keywords: Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Monitoring; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Received: November 14, 2012; Accepted: November 15, 2012; Published: November 1, 2012  Show citation