Impact of the pulmonary vein orifice area assessed using intracardiac echocardiography on the outcome of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Takashi NakashimaMasanori KawasakiHiroyuki ToyoshiNobuhiro TakasugiTomoki KubotaHiromitsu KanamoriHiroaki UshikoshiTakuma AoyamaKazuhiko NishigakiShinya Minatoguchi

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)

The present study suggests that ICE can be used as an alternative imaging tools for assessing the PV-CSOA during RFCA and that the LSPV-CSOA index was a useful independent predictor of AF recurrence after RFCA.

Keyphrases

catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
left atrial appendage
left atrial
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
high resolution
left ventricular
percutaneous coronary intervention
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
mass spectrometry
acute coronary syndrome
fluorescence imaging