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Hybrid Strategies for Ablation of Permanent AF

Targeting AF Nest in Sinus Rhythm and CFAE in AF

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Atrial Fibrillation

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Abstract

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as an effective treatment for paroxysmal AF. However, permanent AF ablation success rates are dramatically lower, thus fostering an interest in alternate and adjunctive strategies, such as targeting the complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs), CFAE in addition to pulmonary vein antrum isolation (PVAI), ablation of AF nests guided by real-time spectral mapping, and ablation of AF nests in addition to PVAI.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Mauricio Arruda (Staff Electrophysiologist, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology)

  2. Departments of Pacemaker, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Cardiomyopathy, São Paulo Dante Pazzanese Cardiology Institute, University of São Paulo,  , Brazil

    Claude Elayi (Electrophysiology Clinical Fellow, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology)

  3. St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA

    Jose Carlos Pachon

  4. Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Andrea Natale (Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Consulting Professor)

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  1. Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA

    Andrea Natale MD (Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Consulting Professor) (Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Consulting Professor)

  2. Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Andrea Natale MD (Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Consulting Professor) (Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Consulting Professor)

  3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    José Jalife MD (Professor of Internal Medicine, The Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology) (Professor of Internal Medicine, The Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professor of Cardiovascular Research, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology)

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Arruda, M., Elayi, C., Pachon, J.C., Natale, A. (2008). Hybrid Strategies for Ablation of Permanent AF. In: Natale, A., Jalife, J. (eds) Atrial Fibrillation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-163-5_18

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