Xiao-Xia Liu, Qiang Liu, Yi-Wei Lai, Qi Guo, Rong Bai, De-Yong Long, Rong-Hui Yu, Ri-Bo Tang, Nian Liu, Chen-Xi Jiang, Wei Wang, Xue-Yuan Guo, Song-Nan Li, Xin Zhao, Song Zuo, Chang-Yi Li, Shang-Ming Song, Shuang-Lun Xie, Wei-Li Ge, Jian-Gang Zou, Xiao-Feng Hou, Ke Chen, Jin-Lin Zhang, He-Sheng Hu, Xin-Hua Wang, Zhao-Jun Wang, Xin Du, Chen-Yang Jiang, Cai-Hua Sang, Jian-Zeng Dong, Chang-Sheng Ma
BACKGROUND: In randomized studies, the strategy of pulmonary vein antral isolation (PVI) plus linear ablation has failed to increase success rates for persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) ablation when compared with PVI alone. Peri-mitral reentry related atrial tachycardia due to incomplete linear block is an important cause of clinical failures of a first ablation procedure. Ethanol infusion (EI) into the vein of Marshall (EI-VOM) has been demonstrated to facilitate a durable mitral isthmus linear lesion...
February 20, 2023: American Heart Journal