Left atrial appendage tip: an unusual site of successful ablation after failed endocardial and epicardial mapping and ablation.
Uncommon sites of ablation for arrhythmias can be the cause of failed ablations. This series includes 4 cases requiring ablation at the tip of the left atrial appendage after both endocardial and epicardial mapping and ablation failed.
Di Biase
Luigi
L
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas 78705, USA.
Schweikert
Robert A
RA
Saliba
Walid I
WI
Horton
Rodney
R
Hongo
Richard
R
Beheiry
Salwa
S
Burkhardt
David J
DJ
Natale
Andrea
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017211:Treatment Failure