radioablation (photodynamic ablation)
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Introduction
Ablation of tissue with radiofrequency radiation.
Pathology
- results in coagulation necrosis
Indications
- tumor ablation for non-resectable cancers
- cardiac radioablation
- ablation of cardiac conduction system anomalies
- radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
- pulse field ablation for atrial fibrillation[2]
- volume reduction of tongue base for obstructive sleep apnea
Radiology
performed in association with imaging guidance
Complications
- cardiac radioablation may be complicated by pericardial tamponade
- results from perforation of myocardium
- bedside echocardiography confirms diagnosis
- management includes pericardiocentesis
More general terms
More specific terms
- cardiac radioablation (photodynamic cardiac ablation)
- radioablation for obstructive sleep apnea
- radioablation of renal neoplasm
- radioablation, tongue
- radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) ablation
- radiofrequency catheter ablation
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ekanem E et al Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with atrial fibrillation in the MANIFEST-17K study. Nat Med. 2024 Jul 8. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38977913 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03114-3
- ↑ Radiofrequency Ablation: Cooking Tumors with Needles http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/rfa/