Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia following atrial fibrillation ablation.
Atrial tachycardias represent the second front of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. They are frequently encountered during the index ablation for patients with persistent AF and are common following ablation of persistent AF, occurring in half of all patients who have had AF successfully terminated. An atrial tachycardia is rightly seen as a failure of AF ablation, as these tachycardias are poorly tolerated by patients. This article describes a simple, practical approach to diagnosis and ablation of these atrial tachycardias.
Weerasooriya
Rukshen
R
Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque and the Université Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France.
Jaïs
Pierre
P
Wright
Matthew
M
Matsuo
Seiichiro
S
Knecht
Sébastien
S
Nault
Isabelle
I
Sacher
Frederic
F
Deplagne
Antoine
A
Bordachar
Pierre
P
Hocini
Mélèze
M
Haïssaguerre
Michel
M
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017211:Treatment Failure