Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation |
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| Authors: | RUKSHEN WEERASOORIYA,B.M.E.D.S.C.,M.B.B.S.,&dagger ,PIERRE JAÏ S,M.D.,MATTHEW WRIGHT,M.B.B.S.,Ph.D.,,SEIICHIRO MATSUO,M.D.,,SÉ BASTIEN KNECHT,M.D.,,ISABELLE NAULT,M.D.,,FREDERIC SACHER,M.D.,,ANTOINE DEPLAGNE,M.D.,,PIERRE BORDACHAR,M.D.,,MÉ LÈ ZE HOCINI,M.D.,, MICHEL HAÏ SSAGUERRE,M.D. |
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| Affiliation: | From the Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque and the UniversitéBordeaux II, Bordeaux, France;;and University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Atrial tachycardias represent the second front of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. They are frequently encountered during the index ablation for patients with persistent AF and are common following ablation of persistent AF, occurring in half of all patients who have had AF successfully terminated. An atrial tachycardia is rightly seen as a failure of AF ablation, as these tachycardias are poorly tolerated by patients. This article describes a simple, practical approach to diagnosis and ablation of these atrial tachycardias. |
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| Keywords: | atrium atypical atrial flutter catheter ablation atrial fibrillation entrainment |
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