ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2022
The effect of left atrial wall thickness and pulmonary vein sizes on the acute procedural success of atrial fibrillation ablation.
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- Three-Dimensional Left Atrial Geometry in Atrial Fibrillation: Imaging Biomarkers, Substrate Phenotyping, and Ablation Outcome Prediction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparative analysis of therapeutic strategies in atrial fibrillation patients with left atrial appendage thrombus despite optimal NOAC therapy.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- Oesophageal safety of high and very high power short duration pulmonary vein isolation: a randomized comparison of the 50 W and 90 W power settings-the HPSD oesophagus study.European heart journal open · 2026Article
- Left atrial wall thickness correlates with pulmonary vein reconnection following atrial fibrillation ablation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Article
- First-line vs Second-Line Catheter Ablation Therapy for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-Data from a National Multicentre Registry.CJC open · 2025Article
- Overcoming NOAC-resistant left atrial appendage thrombus in atrial fibrillation: clinical gaps and therapeutic insights.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Adherence to the CLOSE Protocol and Low Baseline Generator Impedance Are Independent Predictors of Durable Pulmonary Vein Isolation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- High-Power, Short-Duration Ablation under the Guidance of Relatively Low Ablation Index Values for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Long-Term Outcomes and Characteristics of Recurrent Atrial Arrhythmias.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Use of a new non-contrast-enhanced BOOST cardiac MR sequence before electrical cardioversion or ablation of atrial fibrillation-a pilot study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Optimal strategy for very high-power short-duration atrial fibrillation ablation: Acute efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein and box isolation.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalArticle
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Abstract
Nowadays, a novel contact-force guided ablation technique is used for enclosing pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to determine whether left atrial (LA) wall thickness (LAWT) and pulmonary vein (PV) dimensions, as assessed by cardiac CT, could influence the success rate of first-pass pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). In a single-center, prospective study, we enrolled consecutive patients with symptomatic, drug-refractory AF who underwent initial radiofrequency catheter ablation using a modified CLOSE protocol. Pre-procedural CT was performed in all cases. Additionally, the diameter and area of the PV orifices were obtained. A total of 1034 LAWT measurements and 376 PV area measurements were performed in 94 patients (mean CHA
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