Early pulmonary vein reconnection as a predictor of left atrial ablation outcomes for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Author(s) -
Michael Efremidis,
K Letsas,
Γεώργιος Γιαννόπουλος,
Louiza Lioni,
Konstantinos Vlachos,
Dimitrios Asvestas,
Dimitrios Karlis,
Vasilios Kareliotis,
H. Geladari,
Antonis Sideris,
Spyros Deftereos
Publication year - 2015
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/euu216
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , hazard ratio , ablation , confidence interval , sinus rhythm , catheter ablation
The objective of the study was to investigate whether early pulmonary vein reconnection (PVR) is a predictor of late arrhythmia recurrence after a single ablation procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). Further ablation was delivered to patients with acute PVR to test whether this strategy could reduce recurrences.
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