ArticleCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2016
Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation-Is There a Role for More Than PVI?
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- Effect of electrical posterior wall isolation on left atrial mechanical function.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Article
- Integrated Management of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Left atrial posterior wall isolation in conjunction with pulmonary vein isolation using cryoballoon for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation (PIVoTAL): study rationale and design.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2021Article
- Rationale and Outcomes of Cryoballoon Ablation of the Left Atrial Posterior Wall in Conjunction with Pulmonary Vein Isolation.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2021Article
- The association between left atrial stiffness and low-voltage areas of left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation.Heart and vessels · 2019Article
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Abstract
opinion statementPersistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent condition that can be difficult to treat medically, and an ablation strategy is often sought. Currently, the cornerstone of AF ablation strategies is pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Unfortunately, the single procedure success rates are limited, particularly when long-term outcomes (>1 year) are considered. As a result, the most recent consensus statement recommends that in patients with persistent AF a more extensive ablation be considered. Many additive procedural approaches to PVI have been investigated. These include electrical compartmentalization of the atria with linear lesions (LLs), ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs), ablation of the dominant frequency (DF) signals, and focal impulse and rotor modulation (FIRM) ablation. Each of these approaches has demonstrated degrees of additive success when performed with a PVI in patients with persistent AF. This review provides an in-depth discussion of these techniques, their successes in treating persistent AF, and their shortcomings.
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