Optimal interlesion distance in ablation index-guided pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

• Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 123 - 131
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Shuhei, Fukaya, Hidehira, Oikawa, Jun, Saito, Daiki, Sato, Tetsuro, Matsuura, Gen, Arakawa, Yuki, Shirakawa, Yuki, Nishinarita, Ryo, Horiguchi, Ai, Ishizue, Naruya, Kishihara, Jun, Niwano, Shinichi, Ako, Junya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.10.2021; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ablation; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiology; Catheter Ablation; Fibrillation; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pulmonary Veins; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity; Treatment Outcome; Interlesion distance; Ablation index; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Purpose Ablation index (AI) is a useful tool of the CARTO® system to make effective lesions during pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the optimal distance between neighboring ablation points (interlesion distance (ILD)) is still unclear. Here, we evaluated the opti...