A Focal Source of Atrial Fibrillation Treated by Discrete Radiofrequency Ablation

Jai ̈s, Pierre; Hai ̈ssaguerre, Michel; Shah, Dipen; Chouairi, Salah; Gencel, Laurent; ́le`ze Hocini, Me; Cle ́menty, Jacques

doi:10.1161/01.cir.95.3.572

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A Focal Source of Atrial Fibrillation Treated by Discrete Radiofrequency Ablation

Published in Circulation • Feb 4, 1997

Authors:

Pierre Jai ̈s

Michel Hai ̈ssaguerre

Dipen Shah

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is usually thought to be due to multiple circulating reentrant wavelets. From previous studies, a focal mechanism is considered to be very unlikely. In this report, focal atrial fibrillation is defined on an ECG pattern of atrial fibrillation and later demonstrated to...

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Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Ostium

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