ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022
It Is Necessary to Re-understand the Low-Voltage Area in Atrial Fibrillation Patients.
Review in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Mapping the Progression of Atrial Fibrillation Substrate: Insights from Left Atrial Wall Thickness and High-Density Voltage Mapping.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A New Paradigm for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Obesity Focusing on Substrate Remodeling and Patient-Centered Outcomes.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
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- Atrial fibrillation substrate mapping with emphasis on voltage-based guidance.World journal of cardiology · 2025Review
- The relative voltage index: a novel tailored method to identify left atrial low voltage areas in non-paroxysmal AF.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Myeloperoxidase and N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide as predictors for atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients undergoing redo ablation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2024Article
- Automatic Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Function for Prediction of Low-Voltage Areas in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Tic-Tac: A Translational Approach in Mechanisms Associated with Irregular Heartbeat and Sinus Rhythm Restoration in Atrial Fibrillation Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
The presence of a low-voltage areas (LVAs) is a major feature of the progression of atrial fibrillation. Typically, the LVA is determined by invasive left atrial voltage mapping. In addition to pulmonary vein electrical isolation, Voltage-guided substrate modification by targeting LVAs in addition to PVI has been shown to be superior to conventional PVI "only" approaches regarding freedom from AF recurrences after ablation. Recent studies have found Atrial wall thickness correlates with low voltage areas, and the degree of atrial myocardial fibrosis can be better assessed by CT or MRI in combination with voltage mapping, which might help reduce the recurrence of AF after catheter ablation.
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