Ablation Therapy of Type I Atrial Flutter May Eradicate Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
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Prognostic value of atrial fibrillation inducibility after right atrial flutter ablation
2014, Heart RhythmCitation Excerpt :After bidirectional block is achieved, inducibility of AF may be able to identify an atrial substrate (independent of an AFL reentry circuit) associated with an increased risk of developing sustained AF. Previous studies have assessed the utility of AF induction at the time of AFL ablation, producing mixed results.3,4,6,7,15 The definition of successful AFL ablation has changed over time,16 and most of these studies included a smaller number of patients or attempted to induce AF before AFL ablation during the initial electrophysiology study.3,4
Outcomes after ablation for typical atrial flutter (from the Loire Valley Atrial Fibrillation Project)
2014, American Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :In addition, a greater risk of TE events was found in patients with atrial flutter associated with hypertension than in patients with lone AF.24 There has been evidence that CTI RF ablation may also eliminate AF in some patients.25 In our study, AF episodes were documented after CTI RF ablation in only 49% of those patients with AF at baseline.
Atrial Fibrillation
2004, Cardiac Electrophysiology: Fourth EditionAtrial fibrillation
2004, Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to BedsideMechanism of conversion of atypical right atrial flutter to atrial fibrillation
2003, American Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :In addition, because the pulmonary veins were mapped in only a small number of our patients, it is conceivable that rapid rhythms that first appear over the septal area may, in fact, arise from the right pulmonary veins. Prior studies involving follow-up of patients with AFL and AF who underwent isthmus ablation have shown an efficacy rate for control of both arrhythmias that ranged from 24% to 80%.4–11 The efficacy was found to be quite high for patients in whom intracoronary drugs or amiodarone were continued after ablation.4,25–29
Atrial fibrillation: Nonpharmacologic approaches
2000, American Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :As mentioned, they may decrease the frequency of AF with continued medical therapy as the starting point for a staged procedure. Some investigators are also exploring biatrial linear lesions (Table IV). 37,49–53 The cure rates in these series, albeit a small number, are impressive and vary between 31% and 87% with, again, a substantial number of patients improved if not cured.
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