New technique to treat complex arrhythmias

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Manh Hung, Director of the Vietnam Heart Institute, the institute's doctors have just successfully performed an interventional ablation of atrial fibrillation using advanced technology called Cryo balloon to isolate the patient's pulmonary veins.

New technique to treat complex arrhythmias performed at Vietnam Heart Institute

Dr. Phan Dinh Phong, Head of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Department (Vietnam Heart Institute), and his team safely and successfully performed this procedure on October 31. The patient was Mr. NBL (39 years old), who had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation since 2021. Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation episodes frequently occur, causing many symptoms of palpitations and fatigue. The patient almost no longer responded to medication, causing the atrial fibrillation episodes to become more frequent and prolonged, and at the same time, symptoms of heart failure began to appear. After being treated with the Cryo balloon technique, the patient's health recovered well.

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Manh Hung said that the technique of ablating atrial fibrillation using cryotherapy balloon has been performed worldwide since 2013 with a high success rate and safety. The great advantage of the technique is that it is simple, the implementation time is shortened by 50% compared to other conventional atrial fibrillation ablation methods (because there is no need to use burning electrodes to detect and ablate multiple points around the pulmonary vein entrance in the traditional way). This method is both technically effective and increases patient comfort and reduces the workload and risk of prolonged X-ray exposure for doctors.

Previously, since 2009, the Vietnam Heart Institute has routinely deployed the technique of ablating atrial fibrillation using radio frequency energy, the procedure usually takes 3 - 5 hours. With the cryoablation technique, the procedure time is reduced to 1 - 2 hours, ensuring safety and equivalent effectiveness.

With the new technique applied, people with atrial fibrillation do not need to go abroad for treatment at a cost many times higher than in the country. Along with regular implementation in treatment, the Vietnam Heart Institute will train and transfer to other cardiovascular centers across the country.

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