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In patients with complex atrial tachycardia and prior extensive AF ablation, electrophysiological evaluations may yield inconsistent results, highlighting the importance of recognizing prior ablation lesion sets.
Key Teaching Points•Complex atrial tachycardia could be developed in patients with history of extensive catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.•Although the mechanism of tachycardia is commonly evaluated by use of high-density mapping system and entrainment analysis, inconsistent results of electrophysiological evaluations might be observed in some patients owing to prior extensive ablation of atrial fibrillation.•In the present case, the activation sequence of the coronary sinus was not consistent with that in the posterior wall of the left atrium because of prior ablation of the coronary sinus. It is important to recognize and verify the prior ablation lesion set in patients with atrial tachycardia who underwent catheter ablation. •Complex atrial tachycardia could be developed in patients with history of extensive catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.•Although the mechanism of tachycardia is commonly evaluated by use of high-density mapping system and entrainment analysis, inconsistent results of electrophysiological evaluations might be observed in some patients owing to prior extensive ablation of atrial fibrillation.•In the present case, the activation sequence of the coronary sinus was not consistent with that in the posterior wall of the left atrium because of prior ablation of the coronary sinus. It is important to recognize and verify the prior ablation lesion set in patients with atrial tachycardia who underwent catheter ablation.
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