Cryoballoon ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation in patients without left atrial fibrosis.
Action Potentials
Aged
Atrial Fibrillation
/ diagnosis
Atrial Function, Left
Atrial Remodeling
Cryosurgery
/ adverse effects
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Female
Fibrosis
Heart Rate
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Progression-Free Survival
Pulmonary Veins
/ physiopathology
Recurrence
Risk Factors
Time Factors
atrial fibrillation
cryoballoon
electrophysiology
fibrosis
outcome
Journal
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
ISSN: 1540-8167
Titre abrégé: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9010756
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2019
07 2019
Historique:
received:
21
02
2019
revised:
28
03
2019
accepted:
28
03
2019
pubmed:
3
4
2019
medline:
15
9
2020
entrez:
3
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The role of cryoballoon (CB) pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is controversial, since long-term success can be poor. We performed left atrial voltage mapping before CB PVI and determined AF-free survival depending on the extent of low-voltage areas (LVAs). We consecutively enrolled 60 patients with persistent AF (average age, 60.6 ± 12.9 years; CHA In patients with persistent AF undergoing CB PVI, the extent of left atrial LVAs predicts an AF-free survival. CB PVI seems to be a highly effective treatment for patients with persistent AF without atrial fibrosis.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
999-1004Subventions
Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
ID : #01ZX1407B
Pays : International
Organisme : German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.