The incidence and location of epicardial connections in the era of contact force guided ablation for pulmonary vein isolation.
Xuerong SunGuodong NiuJinxuan LinNi SuoTao GuoJiang LuTianjie FengLihui ZhengYan YaoShu ZhangPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)
ECs were confirmed and ablated successfully in 5.86% (35/597) AF patients using HDM. PV insertions of ECs were mainly located at the carina region. Continuous potentials might assist in the prediction of ECs.