Personalized paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation by tailoring ablation index to the left atrial wall thickness: the 'Ablate by-LAW'single-centre study—a pilot study

C Teres, D Soto-Iglesias, D Penela, B Jáuregui… - EP …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine if adapting the ablation index (AI) to the left atrial wall thickness (LAWT),
which is a determinant of lesion transmurality, is feasible, effective, and safe during …

Epicardial connection between the right-sided pulmonary venous carina and the right atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation: a possible mechanism for preclusion of …

K Yoshida, M Baba, Y Shinoda, T Harunari… - Heart Rhythm, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Ablation of the pulmonary venous carina is occasionally required for pulmonary
vein isolation (PVI) despite its nonessential role in ipsilateral PVI from the anatomical …

Differential gap location after radiofrequency versus cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation: insights from a randomized trial with protocol‐mandated repeat procedure

SK Sørensen, A Johannessen, R Worck… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Reconnections to pulmonary vein (PV) triggers of atrial fibrillation (AF) are the
primary cause of AF recurrence after PV isolation (PVI) with radiofrequency (RF) or …

Reasons for successful clinical outcome following pulmonary vein isolation despite lack of persistent LA‐PV conduction block

C Pandozi, C Lavalle, S Ficili, M Russo… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms of atrial fibrillation (AF) induction and maintenance, including those
involved in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, are not completely known; this limits our ablation …

Impact of left atrial bipolar electrogram voltage on first pass pulmonary vein isolation during radiofrequency catheter ablation

L Garg, NVK Pothineni, JM Daw, MC Hyman… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background First pass pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is associated with durable isolation
and reduced recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF). Objective We sought to investigate the …

Dose-dependent pulmonary vein reconnection in response to adenosine: relevance of atrioventricular block during infusion

S Kapa, A Killu, A Deshmukh, SK Mulpuru… - Journal of Interventional …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Adenosine infusion during atrial fibrillation ablation is often used to evaluate for
dormant pulmonary vein (PV) conduction. Several physiologic effects of adenosine may be …

Achievement of successful pulmonary vein isolation: methods of adenosine testing and incremental benefit of exit block

JY Kim, SH Kim, IG Song, YR Kim, TS Kim… - Journal of interventional …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Several approaches were tried to achieve complete pulmonary vein isolation (PVI).
The aims of this study were to (1) compare adenosine-induced PV conduction and exit …

Factors associated with the efficacy of atrial fibrillation radiofrequency catheter ablation: opinion of the specialists who use the “ablation index” module

EN Mikhaylov, NZ Gasimova, SA Ayvazyan… - Journal of …, 2020 - vestar.elpub.ru
This document provides an overview of current problems and trends in the catheter ablation
of atrial fibrillation, summarizes the opinions of specialists, obtained during a web-based …

Impact of electrical connections between ipsilateral pulmonary veins on the second‐generation cryoballoon ablation procedure

S Miyazaki, T Kajiyama, T Watanabe… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Electrical connections between ipsilateral pulmonary veins (PVs) have been
reported histologically and electrophysiologically. This study investigated the impact of …

The timing and frequency of pulmonary veins unexcitability relative to completion of a wide area circumferential ablation line for pulmonary vein isolation

SH Baldinger, S Kumar, CR Barbhaiya… - JACC: Clinical …, 2016 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess loss of pulmonary vein (PV) excitability to pacing
relative to the development of entrance block and the anatomic completion of the …