Bi-atrial high-density mapping reveals inhibition of wavefront turning and reduction of complex propagation patterns as main antiarrhythmic mechanisms of vernakalant.

Arne van Hunnik Stef Zeemering Piotr Podziemski Pawel KuklikMarion KuiperSander Verheule Ulrich Schotten

Published 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)

Destabilization of AF by vernakalant is associated with a lowering of fibrillation frequency and inhibition of complex propagation patterns, wave turning, local re-entries, and breakthroughs.

Keyphrases

high density
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
high resolution
heart failure
mass spectrometry