Oskar M Galuszka, Samuel H Baldinger, Helge Servatius, Jens Seiler, Antonio Madaffari, Nikola Kozhuharov, Gregor Thalmann, Thomas Kueffer, Aline Muehl, Jens Maurhofer, Andreas Haeberlin, Fabian Noti, Hildegard Tanner, Tobias Reichlin, Laurent Roten
BACKGROUND: Recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is presumably caused by pulmonary vein (PV) reconnections. However, there is little data available on the durability of PVI and incidence of arrhythmia recurrence in patients with persistent AF. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the lesion durability by means of an a priori planned remapping procedure in patients with persistent AF undergoing CLOSE-guided PVI. METHODS: In a prospective study, we included patients with symptomatic, persistent AF undergoing CLOSE-guided radiofrequency ablation...
April 1, 2024: JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology