Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein isolation for the treatment of paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: results from the FIRMAP AF study.
Roland R TilzCorinna LenzPhilipp SommerMeyer-Saraei RozaAnne E SarverChristopher G WilliamsChristian HeegerGerhard HindricksJulia VoglerCharlotte EitelPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
These partial study effectiveness results reinforce the importance of PVI in paroxysmal AF patients and indicate that FIRM-guided ablation alone (without PVI) is not an effective strategy for treatment of paroxysmal AF in most patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- left atrial appendage
- systematic review
- direct oral anticoagulants
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- combination therapy
- left ventricular