Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Heeger, Christian‐Hendrik; Rillig, Andreas; Geisler, Dominic; Wohlmuth, Peter; Fink, Thomas; Mathew, Shibu; Richard Tilz, Roland; Reißmann, Bruno; Lemeš, Christine; Maurer, Tilman; Santoro, Francesco; Inaba, Osamu; Sohns, Christian; Huang, Yinhao; Alessandrini, Hannes; Dotz, Inge; Schlüter, Michael; Metzner, Andreas; Kück, Karl‐Heinz; Ouyang, Feifan

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.118.037451

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Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Published in Circulation • Jan 28, 2019

Authors:

Christian‐Hendrik Heeger

Andreas Rillig

Dominic Geisler

Abstract

◼ catheter ablation ◼ stroke ◼ thrombosis P ulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective strategy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). 1 However, in patients with persistent AF and long-standing persistent AF, PVI is associated with limited success, with patients not responding to...

Subject

Pulmonary vein

Medicine

Internal medicine

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