Electrical disconnection of the coronary sinus by radiofrequency catheter ablation to isolate a trigger of atrial fibrillation

Prashanthan Sanders; Pierre Jaïs; Mélèze Hocini; Michel Haïssaguerre

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03300.x

Electrical disconnection of the coronary sinus by radiofrequency catheter ablation to isolate a trigger of atrial fibrillation

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2004 Mar;15(3):364-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03300.x.

Authors

Prashanthan Sanders¹, Pierre Jaïs, Mélèze Hocini, Michel Haïssaguerre

Affiliation

¹ Service de Rythmologie, Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France. [email protected]

PMID: 15030429
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03300.x

Abstract

We report a case of radiofrequency catheter ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation, in which electrical disconnection of the coronary sinus was necessary to isolate a trigger initiating atrial fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Coronary Vessels / surgery*
Electric Countershock*
Electrocardiography
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / pathology
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Conduction System / pathology*
Heart Conduction System / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence