A comparison of the electrophysiologic and electroanatomic characteristics between the right and left atrium in persistent atrial fibrillation: Is the right atrium a window into the left?
K Sandeep PrabhuAleksandr VoskoboinikAlex J A McLellanKah Y PeckBhupesh PathikChrishan J NalliahGeoff R WongSonia M AzzopardiGeoffrey LeeJustin MarianiLiang-Han LingAndrew J TaylorJonathan M KalmanPeter M KistlerPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
AF is associated with remodeling processes affecting both atria. The more accessible RA provides an insight into the biatrial process associated with AF in various disease states without trans-septal access.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- vena cava
- inferior vena cava
- direct oral anticoagulants
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- rheumatoid arthritis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- disease activity
- coronary artery
- pulmonary embolism
- ankylosing spondylitis
- interstitial lung disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- systemic sclerosis