Key result
A focal atrial tachycardia that developed after pulmonary vein isolation and failed initial ablation was successfully ablated without fluoroscopy using an alternative high-density mapping system.
Why the study?
Can zero-fluoroscopy radiofrequency redo ablation using high-density mapping systems successfully treat focal atrial tachycardia following pulmonary vein isolation?
Case Report (n=1)
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Can zero-fluoroscopy radiofrequency redo ablation using high-density mapping systems successfully treat focal atrial tachycardia following pulmonary vein isolation?
Complex redo ablation of post-PVI atrial tachycardia can be performed safely and effectively using a zero-fluoroscopy approach with high-density electroanatomic mapping systems.
Supports feasibility of zero-fluoroscopy redo ablation for post-PVI focal AT in select cases; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective validation.
Regular atrial tachycardia (AT) is one of the most important proarrhythmic complications that may occur following left atrial pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). These tachycardias that develop after atrial fibrillation ablation may lead to worse symptoms than those from the original arrhythmia existing prior to the index ablation procedure. Ablation of various types of supraventricular tachycardias without the use of fluoroscopy has been shown to be feasible in both children and adults using three-dimensional mapping systems. We describe the case of a 71-year-old woman who developed a focal AT after a successful PVI procedure. The initial ablation failed with one mapping system. Repeat electrophysiologic study despite antiarrhythmic medications revealed the same focal AT, which was successfully ablated with a different mapping system. Both ablations were performed without fluoroscopy.
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Percell et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Atrial tachycardia following pulmonary vein isolation (n=1). Zero-fluoroscopy radiofrequency redo ablation using EnSite Precision mapping system vs. CARTO 3 mapping system (initial failed ablation) was evaluated on Successful ablation of atrial tachycardia. A focal atrial tachycardia that developed after pulmonary vein isolation and failed initial ablation was successfully ablated without fluoroscopy using an alternative high-density mapping system.
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