强化培训，稳步推动心房颤动的导管消融治疗

Improving catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation therapy： intensive training, step-by-step, steady progress

心房颤动（房颤）的导管消融治疗技术是近年来心血管病治疗领域最重要的进展之一。这一技术目前在国内的临床应用已越来越广泛，能够开展这一技术的医生和单位也越来越多。除了临床上缺少治疗房颤的有效手段之外，主要还是因为随着对房颤触发和维持电生理机制认识不断的深入，

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation （AF） has made great progress in recent years, which has shown promising clinical outcome. More and more electrophysiological centers have been initiating and performing this therapy, and more and more patients get benefit from it. However, this therapy requires a team with well training persons and conducting in a qualified medical center or hospital. Moreover, there are still many patients need second procedure, clear indications based on the present understandings, strictly follow-up after the ablation, recognition of the asymptomatic AF, complications control around the procedure, atrial tachyarrhythmias after the procedure, reasonable peri-procedure anticoagulation, etc. Therefore, the improvement of this pioneer technique needs systematic training and well preparation. The satisfactory clinic results will to a big extent depend on the solid progress and quality control of the catheter ablation of AF, not in one day, but step by step.