Electrical Connections Between Pulmonary Veins

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Authors

Atsushi Takahashi · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Yoshito Iesaka · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Yoshihide Takahashi · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Ryoko Takahashi · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Kenzaburo Kobayashi · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Katsumasa Takagi · Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

Abstract

Fourteen percent of the patients had electrical connections between contiguous PVs. In these patients, ostial ablation of an untargeted PV was required for successful targeted PV disconnection.

Topics & Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 105, Issue 25, pp. 2998-3003

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000019585.91146.ab

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