Feasibility of catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation guided by fragmented late-gadolinium enhancement areas.
Kunihiko KiuchiKoji FukuzawaMitsuru TakamiYoshiaki WatanabeYu IzawaMayumi ShigeruHiroyuki OonishiHideya SuehiroTomomi AkitaMakoto TakemotoAtsusuke YatomiToshihiro NakamuraJun SakaiKazutaka NakasoneYusuke SonodaKyoko YamamotoHiroyuki TakaharaNoriyuki NegiKatsusuke KyotaniAtsushi KonoKen-Ichi HirataPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)
FLA ablation could terminate AF or convert it to AT in half of the patients. No AF recurrence was documented in patients with a favorable response.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported