Objective: Concomitant ablative therapy for atrial fibrillation can be effective at converting patients to normal sinus rhythm and at maintaining a regular rhythm for at least 5 years. We provide herein a comparison of an endocardial approach using Cryoablation with an epicardial approach using a suction-based RF ablation technology. Methods: Between ...

The evolution of the surgical treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding has resulted in the design and manufacture of instrumentation that is minimally invasive, has a low risk profile, and is technically simple to operate. Whereas hysterectomy was the only definitive surgical option before 1981, operative hysteroscopy with transcervical resection of the endometrium and rollerball ...

Subject Terms: ABLATING MATERIAL; ABLATION; ABLATIVE MATERIALS; APOLLO SPACECRAFT; BOROSILICATE GLASS; COMBUSTION; FORMATION HEAT; HEAT MEASUREMENT; ...

BACKGROUND: Left atrial appendage(LAA) is implicated in maintenance of atrial fibrillation(AF) and atrial tachycardia(AT) associated with persistent AF(PsAF) ablation, although little is known about the incidence and mechanism of LAA-AT. OBJECTIVE: To characterize LAA-ATs associated with PsAF ablation. METHODS: In 74 consecutive patients undergoing ...

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Lowering of the snowpack surface by ablation (melt) was ... Dataset Title: Snowpack ablation in alpine couloirs: Mean data. Dataset Release Place: Boulder, ...

A broad survey of pellet ablation is given, based primarily on information presented at this meeting. The implications of various experimental observations for ablation theory are derived from qualitative arguments of the physics involved. The major elements of a more complete ablation theory are then outlined in ...

A wide range of local thermal ablative therapies have been developed in the treatment of non resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the last decade. Laser ablation (LA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are the two most widely used of these. This article provides an up to date overview of the role of laser ...

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Catheter ablation is increasingly used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Ablation of ganglionic plexi is often performed to reduce vagal innervation and has been shown to confer a better long-term outcome in terms of AF recurrence. We report a case of a patient having AF ablation ...

Modeling Needs for Data Systems g y. Near and Mid term Goals. Near and Mid-term Goals. Tsengdar Lee. ESDSWG in Wilmington, DE. 10/20/2009 ...

Laser ablation of polymers has become an established technique in the electronic industry and the large number of studies published annually indicates that this is still an attractive area of research. Several new approaches with new techniques and materials have given new insights in the ablation process. One of these approaches is the development of ...

... Pagination or Media Count : 236. Abstract : This report presents the results of the IAS Architecture definition process for the mid-term (1984-88). ...

For selected indications laser ablation and cutting of biological tissues is clinical practice. Preferentially lasers with emission wavelengths in the far UV and the mid IR are used, for which tissue absorption is very high. Morphologically the ablation sites look surprisingly similar for the two wavelength ranges, despite of the very ...

November 201012 November 2010 EUROSPHERE is an integrated project which is funded by the European Union's 6 is an integrated project which is funded by the European Union's 6th Framework Programme (SSH) and is coordinated of Bergen. The EUROSPHERE Consortium comprises 17 European universities and research institutes, and around