title: Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia following atrial fibrillation ablation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque and the Université Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: Rukshen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weerasooriya
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaïs
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Seiichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nault
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sacher
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deplagne
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordachar
authors.forename: Mélèze
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocini
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haïssaguerre
mesh_terms: 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