Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) may lead to decreased quality of life (QOL) and increased anxiety and depression in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), possibly due to the lack of selectivity of the ablation tissue and the long ablation time. In recent years, puls...
A pigtail catheter is inserted into the left ventricle (LV) followed by introduction of a 0.18-inch Platinum Plus 260 cm guidewire (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA, USA) into LV to exchange the Impella CP catheter. The Impella is advanced over the guidewire into LV, wire is removed, and ...