Biatrial multisite mapping of atrial premature complexes triggering onset of atrial fibrillation
Biatrial multisite mapping of atrial premature complexes triggering onset of atrial fibrillation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02350-0
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发表时间:
2002-06-15
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Schömig, A
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作者:
Schmitt, C;Ndrepepa, G;Schömig, A
Pulmonary veins are considered to be the most common origin of the focal activity that triggers the onset of atria] fibrillation (AF). However, little is known about the importance of ectopic activity located outside the pulmonary veins. This study included 45 patients (8 women and 37 men, mean age 55 12 years) with paroxysmal (n = 25) and persistent (n = 20) AF in whom multisite mapping of the right and left atria was performed using a 64-electrode basket catheter (n = 21) or a noncontact mapping system (n = 24). Spontaneous or orciprenaline-induced atrial premature complexes (APCs) were mapped. In all, 94 AF onsets from 38 distinct foci in 30 patients were observed and analyzed. Of these foci, 20 (53%) were located in pulmonary veins and 18 (47%) were located outside the pulmonary veins in other parts of the atria. In 22 patients (73%), AF was reproducibly induced by APCs from a single focus (59 episodes). In 8 patients (27%), AF originated from 2 distinct foci (35 episodes). Additionally, 20 of 30 patients (67%) who developed AF had APCs in different locations not inducing AF. APCs inducing AF had shorter coupling intervals than APCs not inducing AF (307 +/- 54 vs 409 +/- 76 ms, p