Acute electrical isolation is a necessary but insufficient endpoint for achieving durable PV isolation: the importance of closing the visual gap | Zendy

Marc A. Miller | Zendy; André d’Ávila | Zendy; Srinivas R. Dukkipati | Zendy; Jacob S. Koruth | Zendy; Juan F. Viles-González | Zendy; Carlo Napolitano | Zendy; Charles A. Eggert | Zendy; A. Fischer | Zendy; J. Anthony Gomes | Zendy; Vivek Y. Reddy | Zendy

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Acute electrical isolation is a necessary but insufficient endpoint for achieving durable PV isolation: the importance of closing the visual gap

Author(s) -

Marc A. Miller,

André d’Ávila,

Srinivas R. Dukkipati,

Jacob S. Koruth,

Juan F. Viles-González,

Carlo Napolitano,

Charles A. Eggert,

A. Fischer,

J. Anthony Gomes,

Vivek Y. Reddy

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus048

Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , pulmonary vein , isolation (microbiology) , electrical conduction , closing (real estate) , cardiology , surgery , thermal conduction , materials science , composite material , political science , law , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Temporary, ablation-mediated effects such as oedema may cause reversible pulmonary vein (PV) isolation. To investigate this, point-by-point circumferential ablation was performed to achieve acute electrical PV isolation with an incomplete circumferential ablation line. Then, the impact of this intentional 'visual gap' (ViG) on the conduction properties of the ablation lesion set was assessed with adenosine and pacing manoeuvres.

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