Pulmonary vein isolation with complex fractionated atrial electrogram ablation for paroxysmal and nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis

RM Hayward, GA Upadhyay, T Mela, PT Ellinor… - Heart Rhythm, 2011 - Elsevier
… Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is recognized as a potentially curative treatment for atrial
fibrillation (AF). Ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) in addition to PVI …

Electrophysiological evaluation of pulmonary vein isolation

D Shah - Europace, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Atrial electrograms from the great cardiac vein (or left atrium appendage) can be used to …
atrial electrograms in the coronary sinus (CS) bipoles which coincide with the electrograms in …

Treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by pulmonary vein isolation

F Morady - Circulation journal, 2003 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… Ostial pulmonary vein potentials may be buried within atrial electrograms recorded at the …
dilated left atria were not selected to undergo pulmonary vein isolation, and the mean left atrial

Effect of pulmonary vein isolation on the distribution of complex fractionated electrograms in humans

JF Roux, S Gojraty, R Bala, CF Liu, S Dixit… - Heart Rhythm, 2009 - Elsevier
… Targeting of complex fractionated electrograms (CFEs) has been used as an adjunctive
strategy to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). …

Pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

H Oral, BP Knight, H Tada, M Özaydın, A Chugh… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
veins (PVs) have been demonstrated to often play an important role in generating atrial
The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of segmental PV isolation

A new approach for complete isolation of the posterior left atrium including pulmonary veins for atrial fibrillation

K Kumagai, S Muraoka, C Mitsutake… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… Since Box isolation leaves the atrial septum intact, ablation at fragmented atrial electrograms
may be necessary in patients who do not respond to Box isolation. However, none of the …

Circumferential mapping and electric isolation of pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation

I Deisenhofer, MAE Schneider, M Böhlen-Knauf… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
isolation of the pulmonary veins (PVs) in patients with atrialelectrograms recorded from
the ablation catheter, 8 circumferential mapping catheter, and 3 coronary sinus electrograms

Pulmonary vein isolation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

S Kumar, GF Michaud - Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
… to deficiencies in ablation tools or … electrogram morphology changes, along with advances
in catheter technology like contact force catheters may improve rates of durable PV isolation

Complete isolation of the pulmonary veins and posterior left atrium in chronic atrial fibrillation. Long-term clinical outcome

P Sanders, M Hocini, P Jaïs, F Sacher… - European heart …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… targeting fractionated electrograms and/or linear ablation. If patients underwent additional
… Empirical pulmonary vein isolation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation using a three-…

Minimally invasive surgical pulmonary vein isolation alone for persistent atrial fibrillation: preliminary results of epicardial atrial electrogram analysis

H Li, Y Li, L Sun, X Liu, C Xu, J Han, X Meng - The Annals of thoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive surgical pulmonary vein isolation has become an
alterative therapy for lone atrial fibrillation. This study evaluated the effect of the procedure on …