Local catheter impedance drop during pulmonary vein isolation predicts acute conduction block in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: initial results of the LOCALIZE clinical trial.
Moloy DasArmin LuikEwen ShepherdMatthew SulkinJacob LaughnerTobias OesterleinElizabeth DuffyChristian MeyerPierre JaisJosselin DuchateauArthur YueWaqas UllahPablo RamosIgnacio García-BolaoPublished 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 (2021)
The magnitude of LI drop was predictive of acute PVI segment conduction block in patients with paroxysmal AF. The thinner posterior wall required smaller LI drops for block compared with the thicker anterior wall.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- liver failure
- catheter ablation
- clinical trial
- oral anticoagulants
- respiratory failure
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- heart failure
- ion batteries
- hepatitis b virus
- magnetic resonance
- randomized controlled trial
- double blind
- ultrasound guided
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- phase ii
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- phase iii
- acute coronary syndrome