Wei WEI,Ping-zhen YANG,Xian-zhang ZHAN,Yu-mei XUE,Xian-hong FANG,Hong-tao LIAO,Shu-lin WU Department of Cardiology,Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute,Guangdong General Hospital,Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences,Guangzhou 510100,China
Abstract:
Objectives This study was to investigate the differences between modeling and non-modeling left atrium (LA) in CartoXP system guided catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Methods From Jan to Dec in 2008 total 31 cases with PAF were enrolled. All were treated by the same electrophysiologist with CartoXP guidance. Catheter ablation was accomplished without left atrium and pulmonary veins modeling in 17 patients (non-modeling group) and with left atrium modeling in 14 patients (modeling g...