Incidence of pulmonary vein conduction recovery in patients without clinical recurrence after ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Mechanistic implications

• Published in: Heart rhythm Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 969 - 976
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ru-hong, PO, Sunny S., Tung, Roderick, Liu, Qiang, Sheng, Xia, Zhang, Zu-wen, Sun, Ya-xun, Yu, Lu, Zhang, Pei, Fu, Guo-sheng, Jiang, Chen-yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Cardiovascular; Catheter Ablation; Conduction recovery; Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary vein; Pulmonary Veins - physiopathology; Pulmonary Veins - surgery; Reconnection; Recurrence; LIPV; Recurrence; AF; PV; Atrial fibrillation; AFL; GP; EP; Conduction recovery; Ablation; LSPV; AT; Reconnection; LA; RIPV; Pulmonary vein; right inferior pulmonary vein; atrial flutter; electrophysiological; left inferior pulmonary vein; left superior pulmonary vein; atrial tachycardia; left atrium/atrial; atrial fibrillation; ganglionated plexus; pulmonary vein

Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation has become the mainstay acute procedural end point for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. To examine the incidence of conduction recovery in the PVs in patients without clinical recurrence of AF after paroxysmal AF ablation. From August 2008 to March 2011, 39...