Radiofrequency circumferential ablation limited to the left atrium showing fibrillatory activity in a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Dec;8(12):1058-60. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32805aee05.

Abstract

We report a case of a tailored approach to atrial fibrillation based on the substrate. In a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, electroanatomic mapping showed that atrial fibrillation was limited to a large area around the ostia of right pulmonary veins. The patient was successfully treated by catheter anatomic isolation of this area from the remaining part of the left atrium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation* / methods
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection
  • Treatment Outcome