Small or Large Isolation Areas Around the Pulmonary Veins for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation?
Author(s) -
Thomas Arentz,
Reinhold Weber,
Gerd Bürkle,
Claudia HerreraSiklody,
Thomas Blum,
Jochem Stockinger,
Jan Minners,
FranzJosef Neumann,
D. Kalusche
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.690578
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , atrial fibrillation , ablation , catheter ablation , catheter , isolation (microbiology) , atrial flutter , cardiology , fluoroscopy , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is a promising new treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF). We hypothesized that isolation of large areas around both ipsilateral PVs with verification of conduction block is more effective than the isolation of each individual PV.
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