New Approach for Atrioventricular Conduction Modulation by Ablation at a Distance From the Atrioventricular Node: Role in Nonpharmacologic Rate Control of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Apr;14(4):e009550. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009550. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Authors

José Luis Ibáñez Criado¹, Alicia Ibáñez Criado¹, Teresa Barrio-López², Thomas Brouzet¹, Eduardo Castellanos², Mercedes Ortiz², Jessica Sánchez-Quiñones¹, Amaya Garcia-Fernández¹, Pablo Ramos-Ruiz¹, Santiago Heras¹, Raquel Ajo Ferrer¹, Maria Ajo Ferrer¹, Maria Rico¹, Juan Antonio Quiles¹, Francisco Sogorb-Garri¹, Juan Gabriel Martínez Martínez¹, Jesús Almendral²

Affiliations

¹ Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Service, University General Hospital of Alicante, Alicante Institute of Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL foundation) (J.L.I.C., A.I., T.B., J.S.-Q., A.G.-F., P.R.-R., S.H., R.A.F., M.A.F., M.R., J.A.Q., F.S.-G., J.G.M.M.).
² Electrophysiology Laboratory and Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Monteprincipe, Grupo HM Hospitales, University CEU-San Pablo, Madrid, Spain (T.B.-L., E.C., M.O., J.A.).

PMID: 33858181
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009550

No abstract available

Keywords: ablation; atrial fibrillation; atrioventricular block; atrioventricular node; pacemaker.

MeSH terms

Action Potentials*
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Atrial Flutter / diagnosis
Atrial Flutter / physiopathology
Atrial Flutter / surgery*
Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology*
Catheter Ablation* / adverse effects
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Female
Heart Rate*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome