Why the study?
Understanding of atrial fibrillation driven by the right atrial appendage was limited.
Does ablation at the right atrial appendage base terminate atrial fibrillation in patients with AF driven by the right atrial appendage?
Population
20 patients identified as having AF driven by RAA
Comparison
Ablation performed during AF
Design
Retrospective study
Authors
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May support RAA base targeting in select AF cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Does ablation at the right atrial appendage base terminate atrial fibrillation in patients with AF driven by the right atrial appendage?
Ablation at the base of the right atrial appendage effectively terminates atrial fibrillation driven by this structure, with the majority of patients maintaining sinus rhythm.
Liu et al. (2022) studied this question.
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