The utility of atrial pacing for identifying the electrical breakthrough sites between the left atrium and pulmonary veins

The utility of atrial pacing for identifying the electrical breakthrough sites between the left atrium and pulmonary veins

Background: Circumferential pulmonary vein (PV) isolation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is occasionally difficult to achieve because electrical breakthrough sites (EBSs) between the left atrium (LA) and PVs cannot be identified during ablation especially in the carina regions. Methods: The left PVs (...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shinya Sugiura, MD, Koji Matsuoka, MD, Hideki Noda, BHS, Naoya Kurata, BHS, Misa Uemori, BHS, Hirokazu Shioji, MD, Akihiro Takasaki, MD, Takafumi Koji, MD, Takashi Tanigawa, MD, Masaaki Ito, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Atrial fibrillation
Catheter ablation
Electrical breakthrough sites
Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427616301077

Similar Items

Similar Items