Open AccessImpact of volume reduction in giant left atrium during surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
Author(s) -
Jae Hyun Kim,
Woo Sung Jang,
Jae-Bum Kim,
Sook Jin Lee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.118
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cryoablation , cardiology , ablation , radiofrequency ablation , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , pulmonary vein , concomitant , geometry , mathematics
An enlarged left atrium (LA) is a well-known risk factor for ablation failure of atrial fibrillation (AF). We analyzed the result of concomitant AF ablation in patients with a giant LA and evaluated the effect of LA volume reduction.