Diverse activation patterns during persistent atrial fibrillation by noncontact charge-density mapping of human atrium.
Rui ShiZhong ChenCharlie ButcherJunaid Ab ZamanVennela BoyallaYi Kan WangOmar RiadAnitha SathishkumarMark NormanShouvik HaldarDavid G JonesWajid HussainVias MarkidesRui ShiPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2020)
Atrial fibrillation is characterized by heterogeneous activation patterns identified in PV-ostia and non-PV regions throughout the LA at varying locations between individuals. Clinical implications of individualized ablation strategies guided by charge-density mapping need to be determined.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- high resolution
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- endothelial cells
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- high density
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- solar cells
- pulmonary artery
- venous thromboembolism
- vena cava
- mass spectrometry
- pluripotent stem cells
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease