TY - CHAP
T1 - Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation
AU - Gianni, Carola
AU - Santangeli, Pasquale
AU - Al-Ahmad, Amin
AU - Burkhardt, J. David
AU - Horton, Rodney P.
AU - Hranitzky, Patrick M.
AU - Sanchez, Javier E.
AU - Di Biase, Luigi
AU - Natale, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) represents the cornerstone of current catheter ablation techniques for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), with significantly improved efficacy compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy as demonstrated in multiple randomized clinical trials. To achieve PV antrum isolation, multiple approaches with different ablation strategies have been described; the technique currently endorsed by the HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of AF consists of antral PVI confirmed by a circular mapping catheter. In this chapter, the techniques and outcomes for different PVI techniques are reviewed.
AB - Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) represents the cornerstone of current catheter ablation techniques for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), with significantly improved efficacy compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy as demonstrated in multiple randomized clinical trials. To achieve PV antrum isolation, multiple approaches with different ablation strategies have been described; the technique currently endorsed by the HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of AF consists of antral PVI confirmed by a circular mapping catheter. In this chapter, the techniques and outcomes for different PVI techniques are reviewed.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Intracardiac echocardiography
KW - Nonpulmonary vein triggers
KW - Pulmonary vein isolation
KW - Radiofrequency ablation
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-323-52992-1.00014-4
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-52992-1.00014-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85123672306
SP - 222-234.e4
BT - Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias
PB - Elsevier
ER -