What Drives Patient Selection for Afib Ablation 

Moderator:
Christina Koutras, BSN RN CPHQ - Director NCDR Registry Products, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC

Speaker:
Emily P. Zeitler, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Description:
This session will discuss what factors impact decision making and patient selection for the AFib Ablation procedure.  Explore medication strategy used in conjunction with the procedure and what the future holds for clinical practice and technology.

• Identify two risk factors impacting patient selection for the AFib Ablation procedure. 
• Describe how medications may need to augment the ablation procedure.