Safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without pre- or peri-procedural imaging for the detection of left atrial thrombus in the era of uninterrupted anticoagulation.
Michael EfremidisGeorge BazoukisKonstantinos VlachosEfstathia PrappaAthanasia MegarisiotouStylianos DragasisF Daniel RamirezFelix BourierPanagiotis MililisAthanasios SaplaourasGary TseTong LiuTheodore EfremidisPanagiotis KitsoulisCostas ThomopoulosAntonios SiderisKonstantinos P LetsasPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2020)
Catheter ablation can be safely performed in low-risk patients with paroxysmal AF without imaging for the detection of left atrial thrombus in the era of uninterrupted DOAC anticoagulation.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- high resolution
- heart failure
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- label free
- venous thromboembolism
- fluorescence imaging
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease