Incidence, distribution, and electrogram characteristics of endocardial-epicardial connections identified by ultra-high-resolution mapping during a left atrial posterior wall isolation of atrial fibrillation.
Kohki NakamuraTakehito SasakiKentaro MinamiHideyuki AokiKan KondoShingo YoshimuraKohki KimuraYumiko HaraguchiRyoya TakizawaYosuke NakataniYuko MikiKoji GotoYutaka TakeKenichi KasenoEiji YamashitaShigeto NaitoPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2023)
Among the patients with epi-RCs after a first-pass LAPW linear ablation, areas with a greater number of fractionated components (> 5.0 on the post-ablation LAPW map) may have endocardial-epicardial connections and may be potential targets for touch-up ablation to eliminate the epi-RCs.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- high resolution
- left atrial appendage
- mitral valve
- oral anticoagulants
- left ventricular
- radiofrequency ablation
- risk factors
- direct oral anticoagulants
- small cell lung cancer
- high density
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- climate change
- coronary artery disease
- tandem mass spectrometry
- brain metastases