Atrial electroanatomic remodeling after circumferential radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablation -: Efficacy of an anatomic approach in a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation
Atrial electroanatomic remodeling after circumferential radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablation -: Efficacy of an anatomic approach in a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation
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DOI:
10.1161/hc4601.098517
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发表时间:
2001-11-20
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37.8
通讯作者:
Alfieri, O
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作者:
Pappone, C;Oreto, G;Alfieri, O
Background- Circumferential radiofrequency ablation around pulmonary vein (PV) ostia has recently been described as a new anatomic approach for atrial fibrillation (AF).Methods and Results-We treated 251 consecutive patients with paroxysmal (n=179) or permanent (n=72) AF. Circular PV lesions were deployed transseptally during sinus rhythm (n=124) or AT (n=127) using 3D electroanatonic guidance. Procedures lasted 148 +/- 26 minutes. Among 980 lesions surrounding individual PVs (n=956) or 2 ipsilateral veins with close openings or common ostium (n=24), 75% were defined as complete by a bipolar electrogram amplitude 30 ms across the line. The amount of low-voltage encircled area was 3594 +/- 449 mm(2), which accounted for 23 +/-9% of the total left atrial (LA) map surface. Major complications (cardiac tamponade) occurred in 2 patients (0.8%). No PV stenoses were detected by transesophageal echocardiography. After 10.4 +/-4.5 months, 152 patients with paroxysmal AF (85%) and 49 with permanent AF (68%) were AF-free. Patients with and without AF recurrence did not differ in age, AF duration, prevalence of heart disease, or ejection fraction, but the LA diameter was significantly higher (P