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ReviewJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2020

Usage of a new mapping algorithm to detect possible critical substrate for continuity of atrial fibrillation: fractionation mapping in preliminary experience.

Tolga Aksu, Tumer Erdem Guler, Serdar Bozyel, Kivanc Yalin

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Review in Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Incidental ablation of ganglionated plexus during atrial fibrillation ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  5. Cardioneuroablation: the known and the unknown.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024
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  8. Initial experience with fractionation mapping-guided ablation strategy in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Tolga AksuDepartment of Cardiology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Kocaeli, Turkey. aksutolga@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-9660
Tumer Erdem GulerDepartment of Cardiology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Serdar BozyelDepartment of Cardiology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Kivanc YalinDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) classically focuses on eliminating the pulmonary vein (PV) triggers, isolation of PVs is associated with limited success rates in patients with persistent AF. The role of the left atrial appendage (LAA) as both trigger and driver in arrhythmogenesis of AF was previously demonstrated. In the present case, fractionation mapping software of Ensite system was firstly tested to detect critical substrate during AF. Focusing on the width and continuity of fractionation pattern, the LAA was accepted as main driver for maintenance of AF. Ablation in fractionated electrograms around the LAA caused acute AF termination. After isolation of the LAA, no AF was inducible with atrial stimulation with and without isoproterenol infusion. Fractionation mapping may be used to detect potential importance of the LAA in AF continuity.

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Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationPulmonary VeinsAlgorithmsElectrophysiologic Techniques, CardiacHumansTreatment OutcomeAblation techniquesAtrial appendageAtrial fibrillation

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PMID31984467

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