Atrial extrasystoles enhance low-voltage fractionation electrograms in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Mathijs S van Schie Rongheng Liao Nawin L Ramdat MisierPaul KnopsAnnejet HeidaYannick J H J TaverneNatasja M S de Groot

Published 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 (2023)

Unipolar EGM characteristics during spontaneous AES are mainly directional-dependent and not rate-dependent. AF patients have more direction-dependent conduction disorders, indicating enhanced non-uniform anisotropy that is uncovered by spontaneous AES.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
atrial fibrillation
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
heart failure
left atrial
catheter ablation