Clinical Outcome of Electrophysiologically Guided Ablation for Nonparoxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Real-Time 3-Dimensional Mapping Technique: Results From a Prospective Randomized Trial [Original Articles]

Conclusions: Targeted ablation of regions showing RRa provided an adjunctive benefit in terms of arrhythmia freedom at 1-year follow-up in the treatment of persistent AF. These findings might support a patient-tailored strategy in subjects with nonparoxysmal AF and should be confirmed by additional larger, randomized, multicenter studies. Clinical Trial Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier NCT02571218.

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Source: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology - March 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pappone, C., Ciconte, G., Vicedomini, G., Mangual, J. O., Li, W., Conti, M., Giannelli, L., Lipartiti, F., McSpadden, L., Ryu, K., Guazzi, M., Menicanti, L., Santinelli, V. Tags: Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Electrophysiology, Atrial Fibrillation Original Articles Source Type: research