Empirical superior vena cava isolation in patients undergoing repeat catheter ablation procedure after recurrence of atrial fibrillation.
Gelu SimuThomas DenekeElena EneKarin NentwichArtur BerkovitzKai SonnePhilipp HalbfassEleni ArvanitiChristian WaechterJulian MüllerPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2022)
In our series of repeat AF ablation procedures, the addition of empirical SVC isolation to Re-PVI and LA substrate modification did not influence AF recurrence rates. This strategy can however be safe and useful in patients in whom SVC is identified as a trigger of AF.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- vena cava
- oral anticoagulants
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- free survival
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary embolism