Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation lasting less than 2 years.
Domenico Giovanni Della RoccaSanghamitra MohantyPrasant MohantyChintan TrivediCarola GianniAmin Al-AhmadJ David BurkhardtG Joseph GallinghousePatrick HranitzkyJavier E SanchezRodney P HortonLuigi Di BiaseSanghamitra MohantyPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
In patients with LSPAF lasting less than 2 years, extended PVAI plus SVC isolation was less likely to achieve long-term sinus rhythm. In the majority of patients, recurrence was due to non-PV triggers and ablation of those resulted in better outcome.