Open AccessLeft atrial appendage (LAA) electrical isolation by Maze‐like catheter substrate modification in presence of LAA‐occluder device: A case report
Author(s) -
Zanchi Simone,
Bianchini Lorenzo,
Bordig Stefano,
Bologna Fabrizio,
Tohoku Shota,
Chen Shaojie,
Chun Julian K. R.,
Schmidt Boris
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3069
Subject(s) - atrial fibrillation , medicine , pulmonary vein , isolation (microbiology) , catheter , appendage , atrial appendage , cardiology , substrate (aquarium) , anatomy , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , oceanography , geology , sinus rhythm , biology
Maze‐like linear substrate modification in atrial fibrillation patients nonresponders to pulmonary vein isolation represents a feasible technique to gain left atrial appendage electrical isolation even in the presence of a Watchman occluder device.