ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Find Me If You Can: First Clinical Experience Using the Novel CARTOFINDER Algorithm in a Routine Workflow for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.
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- Segmental analysis of left atrial substrate severity predictors in patients undergoing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
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- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
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- Catheter ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A review.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2024Review
- Selecting repetitive focal and rotational activation patterns with the highest probability of being a source of atrial fibrillation.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus · 2024Article
- Catheter Ablation Approaches for the Treatment of Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients with a Durable Pulmonary Vein IsolationBalkan medical journal · 2023Review
- Mapping for nonpulmonary vein atrial fibrillation sources: The road to improved ablation outcomes.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2023Article
- [New mapping tools for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2022Review
- Long-term outcome of patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing ablation guided by a novel high-density panoramic mapping system: A propensity score matching study.Heart rhythm O2 · 2022Article
- Future Directions for Mapping Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2022Review
- News from the Cold Chamber: Clinical Experiences of POLARx versus Arctic Front Advance for Single-Shot Pulmonary Vein Isolation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsThe CARTOFINDER module allows for simultaneous and automated detection of repetitive focal and rotational activations in patients with atrial arrhythmias. This study aimed to validate the CARTOFINDER algorithm for the detection of potential drivers for atrial fibrillation (AF) and to access their potential impact on individual arrhythmia substrates.
methodsFifty consecutive patients underwent AF ablation for persistent AF (PERS), using a 3D-mapping system with the integrated CARTOFINDER module. Regions of interest (ROIs) were identified before and after ablation, and their spatial and temporal relationship was correlated with areas of fibrosis.
resultsProcedural success was achieved in all patients and 42% received ablation beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). AF termination was observed in 6 patients (12%). The mean procedure duration was 134 ± 29 min. ROIs were revealed in all patients (mean
conclusionsCARTOFINDER mapping can be integrated into a routine workflow for AF ablation. ROIs could be discriminated in all patients and an ablation effect was observed in some patients, whereas persistent activity was found in certain anatomical segments, even after ablation. ROIs might be an additional ablation target when we are able to understand the individual substrate.
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