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- Title
Scar Homogenization in AF Ablation: Evolution and Practice.
- Authors
Minglong Chen
- Abstract
Laboratory studies, histology studies, image studies and the clinical studies all prove the positive correlation between atrial fibrillation and atrial fibrosis from different perspectives. Atrial fibrosis, by separating myocardial cell coupling, diminishing conduction velocity and promoting anisotropic conduction, produce the substrate to sustain atrial fibrillation (AF). These fibrotic areas can be translated into signal abnormalities (low voltage and complex electrgram), and be depicted by electroanatomic high density map. Ablation targeting these areas after circumferential pulmonary vein produces isolation as the additional substrate modification strategy has proved its beneficial results. However, the unified methodology regarding the scar definition, the mapping rhythm (AF or sinus rhythm) and the modification endpoint is yet to be negotiated. Large-scale clinical trials, long-term follow-up results are needed to prove its contribution to the overall success rate of AF ablation.
- Subjects
ATRIAL fibrillation treatment; CATHETER ablation
- Publication
JAFIB: Journal of Atrial Fibrillation, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1941-6911
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4022/jafib.1618