Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Mechanical Mitral Valve: Long-term Outcome of Single Procedure of Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation with or without Non- Pulmonary Vein Trigger Ablation

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol

7 May May 2014 11 years ago
  • Bai R, DI Biase L, Mohanty P, Santangeli P, Mohanty S, Pump A, Elayi CS, Reddy YM, Forleo GB, Hongo R, Beheiry S, Russo AD, Casella M, Pelargonio G, Santarelli P, Horton R, Sanchez J, Gallinghouse J, Burkhardt JD, Ma C, Lakkireddy D, Tondo C, Natale A.
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It is unclear whether extended pulmonary vein antrum isolation (PVAI) plus non-pulmonary vein (non-PV) trigger elimination prevents more arrhythmia recurrence than PVAI alone in patients with mechanical mitral valve (MMV) undergoing AF ablation. This study compared the efficacy and long-term outcome of two ablation strategies-PVAI alone versus extended PVAI plus non-PV trigger elimination-for the treatment of AF in patients with MMV.