ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation and Ablation Strategies.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Temporal Trends and Lesion Sets for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis and Meta-Regression.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2023Pooled it
- Mid term freedom from atrial fibrillation following hybrid ablation, a systematic review and meta analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Three-Dimensional Left Atrial Geometry in Atrial Fibrillation: Imaging Biomarkers, Substrate Phenotyping, and Ablation Outcome Prediction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Extent of posterior wall lesion following pulmonary vein isolation with pentaspline pulsed field and cryoballoon ablation: the potential role of deployment technique.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Granger causality connectivity analysis of persistent atrial fibrillation dynamics reveals posterior wall mechanistic insights.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Prognostic Value of Spontaneous Potential in Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation and Radiofrequency Ablation for Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
- Construction and validation of a regularized logistic regression model for predicting late recurrence after ablation in persistent atrial fibrillation: a clinical parameter approach.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanisms, Advantages, and Limitations.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Atrial fibrillation ablation during robotic mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Comparing Left Atrial Low Voltage Areas in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation Using Novel Automated Voltage Analysis: A Pilot Study.Cardiology research · 2023Article
- Hybrid ablation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: is the grass really greener on the other side?Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Ongoing substrate-driven atrial fibrillation "boxed" in the left atrial posterior wall with ablation: a case report.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Comparison of clinical outcomes of Ibutilide-guided cardioversion and direct current synchronized cardioversion after radiofrequency ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Hybrid Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Contemporary Overview.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Sinus Node Dysfunction after Successful Atrial Flutter Ablation during Follow-Up: Clinical Characteristics and Predictors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Atrial Fibrillation Global Changes after Pulmonary Vein and Posterior Wall Isolation: A Charge Density Mapping Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Chronicle of Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: From Cox Maze to Convergent.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2022Review
- The Convergent Ablation and AtriClip Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage in Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a global disease with rapidly rising incidence and prevalence. It is associated with a higher risk of stroke, dementia, cognitive decline, sudden and cardiovascular death, heart failure and impairment in quality of life. The disease is a major burden on the healthcare system. Paroxysmal AF is typically managed with medications or endocardial catheter ablation to good effect. However, a large proportion of patients with AF have persistent or long-standing persistent AF, which are more complex forms of the condition and thus more difficult to treat. This is in part due to the progressive electro-anatomical changes that occur with AF persistence and the spread of arrhythmogenic triggers and substrates outside of the pulmonary veins. The posterior wall of the left atrium is a common site for these changes and has become a target of ablation strategies to treat these more resistant forms of AF. In this review, we discuss the role of the posterior left atrial wall in persistent and long-standing persistent AF, the limitations of current endocardial-focused treatment strategies, and future perspectives on hybrid epicardial-endocardial approaches to posterior wall isolation or ablation.
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