Atrial fibrillation patients with isolated pulmonary veins: Is sinus rhythm achievable?
Judit SzilágyiGregory M MarcusNitish BadhwarByron K LeeRandall J LeeVasanth VedanthamZian H TsengTomos WaltersMelvin ScheinmanJeffrey OlginEdward P GerstenfeldPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
In patients who have all PVs isolated at the time of the redo AF ablation, a strategy of targeting non-PV AF triggers and inducible flutters can still lead to AF freedom in more than half of patients. Patients with PVr, however, have a better long-term outcome.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- blood pressure
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- drug delivery
- patient reported outcomes
- cancer therapy
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- radiofrequency ablation