Pulmonary veins play a critical role in the generation of atrial fibrillation, providing the pathophysiological basis for pulmonary vein isolation in treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Does pulmonary vein isolation prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation in patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF?
Pulmonary vein isolation by segmental ostial ablation is highly effective for maintaining sinus rhythm in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation but has low efficacy in persistent atrial fibrillation.
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aissaguerre and his coworkers first demonstrated the importance of the pulmonary veins in the generation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in 1998. Several subsequent studies have confirmed this observation and expanded our understanding of how the pulmonary veins participate in the generation of AF.
Fred Morady (Wed,) reported a other. Pulmonary veins play a critical role in the generation of atrial fibrillation, providing the pathophysiological basis for pulmonary vein isolation in treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.