The Role of Collaboration Between Electrophysiologists and Surgeons in the Management of Complex Arrhythmia Patients

Carola Gianni; Chintan Trivedi; Sanghamitra Mohanty; Andrea Natale

doi:10.19102/icrm.2019.100203

The Role of Collaboration Between Electrophysiologists and Surgeons in the Management of Complex Arrhythmia Patients

J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2019 Feb 15;10(2):3536-3540. doi: 10.19102/icrm.2019.100203. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Carola Gianni^{1

2}, Chintan Trivedi¹, Sanghamitra Mohanty^{1

3}, Andrea Natale^{1

4

5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.
² UOC Cardiologia, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
⁴ Interventional Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA.
⁵ MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁷ Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Abstract

Although the need for surgery in patients with arrhythmias has declined in the past several decades due to the emergence of catheter ablation, there is still room for collaboration between electrophysiologists and surgeons, mainly when managing patients with atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and cardiac implantable electronic devices.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; cardiac implantable electronic device extraction; ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Review