Remote Magnetic NavigationHuman Experience in Pulmonary Vein Ablation
Luigi Di Biase, MD,
Tamer S. Fahmy, MD,
Dimpi Patel, MD,
Rong Bai, MD,
Kenneth Civello, MD,
Oussama M. Wazni, MD,
Mohamed Kanj, MD,
Claude S. Elayi, MD,
Chi Keong Ching, MD,
Mohamed Khan, MD,
Lucie Popova, MD,
Robert A. Schweikert, MD,
Jennifer E. Cummings, MD,
J. David Burkhardt, MD,
David O. Martin, MD,
Mandeep Bhargava, MD,
Thomas Dresing, MD,
Walid Saliba, MD,
Mauricio Arruda, MD and
Andrea Natale, MD*
Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Figure 5 Ablation Strategy and Results
Flow chart showing the ablation strategy. After a mean follow-up period of 11 ± 2 months, 25 patients (55%) had recurrence. Out of the 22 patients who had only right pulmonary vein (PV) isolation by the conventional approach, 20 patients (90%) had recurrence of atrial fibrillation, whereas only 5 patients (22%) out of the 23 patients who had complete isolation with the conventional approach had recurrence (p < 0.001). CPVA = circumferential pulmonary vein ablation; MN = magnetic navigation; PVAI = pulmonary vein antral isolation; RPV = right pulmonary vein.
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