Usefulness of empiric superior vena cava isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
Marco Valerio MarianiMarta PalombiJean Pierre JabbourNicola PierucciPietro CipolloneAgostino PiroCristina ChimentiFabio MiraldiCarmine Dario VizzaCarlo LavallePublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2024)
The addition of SVCI to PVI in patients in PAF is associated with a significant lower rate of AF recurrence at follow-up, without increasing complication rates and procedural and fluoroscopy times.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- vena cava
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- direct oral anticoagulants
- clinical trial
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- inferior vena cava
- venous thromboembolism
- left ventricular
- patient reported
- mitral valve