One-year outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation plus posterior wall isolation and additional non-pulmonary vein trigger ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation with or without contact force sensing: a propensity score-matched comparison.

Tomomasa TakamiyaJunichi NittaOsamu InabaAkira SatoTakashi IkenouchiKazuya MurataYukihiro InamuraYoshihide TakahashiMasahiko GoyaKenzo Hirao

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2020)

Compared with non-CF sensing, PVI plus PWI and additional non-PV trigger ablation using CF-sensing catheters for persistent AF can reduce the rate of atrial tachyarrhythmia recurrence.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
cystic fibrosis
left atrial
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
heart failure
direct oral anticoagulants
radiofrequency ablation
single molecule
coronary artery disease
left ventricular
venous thromboembolism