Different strategies for performing pulmonary vein isolation in patients with pulmonary vein rhythm |
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Authors: | Michifumi Tokuda Teiichi Yamane Seiichiro Matsuo Keiichi Ito Ryohsuke Narui Mika Hioki Shin-Ichi Tanigawa Tokiko Nakane Seigo Yamashita Keiichi Inada Kenri Shibayama Satoru Miyanaga Hiroshi Yoshida Hidekazu Miyazaki Taro Date Ken-Ichi Sugimoto Michihiro Yoshimura |
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Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan. tokudam@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation was performed in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients whose cardiac rhythm was dominated by the ectopic beats originating from the PV. We herein report two cases with dominant PV ectopic rhythm that underwent catheter ablation for the treatment of paroxysmal AF. In one case, a permanent pacemaker implantation was required to treat a symptomatic long sinus pause after the isolation of all four PVs, while no AF was documented during the 5-year period after ablation. However, the isolation of all four PVs except for a PV with a dominant ectopic rhythm was performed in the other case. The latter case was free from both AF and symptomatic bradycardia following the procedure without the implantation of a pacemaker. Selective PV isolation therefore appears to be an effective therapy to both achieve the successful treatment of AF and to prevent the manifestation of sick sinus syndrome. |
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