Laurève Chollet, Salik Ur Rehman Iqbal, Severin Wittmer, Gregor Thalmann, Antonio Madaffari, Nikola Kozhuharov, Oskar Galuszka, Thomas Küffer, Christoph Gräni, Nicolas Brugger, Helge Servatius, Fabian Noti, Andreas Haeberlin, Laurent Roten, Hildegard Tanner, Tobias Reichlin
AIMS: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is increasingly performed in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Both AF phenotype and left atrial (LA) volume have been shown to influence ablation outcome. The inter-relationship of the two is incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate the impact of AF phenotype vs. LA volume on outcome after PVI. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a retrospective analysis of a prospective registry of patients undergoing a first PVI, the association of AF phenotype and LA volume index (LAVI) was assessed as well as their impact on AF recurrence during follow-up...
March 30, 2024: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology