Targeted ablation of specific electrogram patterns in low-voltage areas after pulmonary vein antral isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: Termination to an organized rhythm reduces atrial fibrillation recurrence.
Michael EfremidisKonstantinos VlachosKonstantinos P LetsasGeorge BazoukisRuairidh MartinAntonio FronteraDimitrios AsvestasAthanasios SaplaourasΤakeshi KitamuraStamatios GeorgopoulosKosmas ValkanasNikolaos KaramichalakisMasateru TakigawaAntonios SiderisNicolas DervalFrederic SacherPierre JaisPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Ablation of PVAI and specific electrograms in low-voltage areas less than 0.4 mV can lead to encouraging outcomes with a low recurrence rate as well as a lower need for redo procedures.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- type diabetes
- cancer therapy
- free survival
- coronary artery disease
- blood pressure
- aortic valve replacement
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- venous thromboembolism
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis