Carto Ablation

[Bigredhear]

Hi everyone,I am having an Ablation next Tuesday and after a phone call with the clinic I have been advised that it's a Carto Ablation.

I had a Cyro ablation back in 2021 which I was awake for throughout and it was successful in getting me back to sinus rhythm for 3 years.

Has anyone had a Carto and what was the experience?

Thanks

[Cliff_G]

Carto is the mapping system which lets the EP see the electrical activity of the heart. Pretty incredible technology. Didn't exist when I had my first ablation in 2002, but in my ablation 3 weeks ago it was used, and showed my original ablation still holding and a couple of areas for further ablation.

It's not the actual ablation catheter. It is used certainly with a RF ablation catheter, and probably with cryo or the other new one, name escapes me. It will help with clarity of where to ablate.

Best if luck!

[Bigredhear in reply to Cliff_G]

Thanks for the reply Cliff,We're you under a general anesthetic and was the procedure successful?

How long was the recovery time.

Sorry for all the questions

[Cliff_G in reply to Bigredhear]

Yes, mine was classed as "complex", so under GA. Isn't correlated to use of Carto. Procedure was semi successful in that it stopped my fast atrial rhythms but they couldn't ablate my ectopics as they were right below my artificial aortic valve (due to an aortic dissection 7 years ago) and they can't take a catheter through that. Meds are helping though.

[Bigredhear in reply to Cliff_G]

Good luck going forward.

I have been told I will be under GA, I'm not sure if they deem my situation complicated or not,

I am in persistent fast AF so I'm hoping this will kick me back into sinus.

Thanks

[Buffafly in reply to Bigredhear]

They’ll find out using the Carto!

[Cliff_G in reply to Buffafly]

Indeed, Have a mooch on the web for Carto pictures, especially dynamic ones which include the current direction arrows. Amazing.