Prospective randomized comparison between a fixed ‘2C3L’ approach vs. stepwise approach for catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

Surgical Techniques Used for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Jason O. Robertson et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Principles of Cardiac Electric Propagation and Their Implications for Re-entrant Arrhythmias

(2013) Peter Spector   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Functional Nature of Electrogram Fractionation Demonstrated by Left Atrial High-Density Mapping

(2012) Amir S. Jadidi et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Validation of a novel algorithm for quantification of the percentage of signal fractionation in atrial fibrillation

(2012) Charlotte L. Haley et al.   EUROPACE

Areas with complex fractionated atrial electrograms recorded after pulmonary vein isolation represent normal voltage and conduction velocity in sinus rhythm

(2012) Juan F. Viles-Gonzalez et al.   EUROPACE

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

(2012) H. Calkins et al.   EUROPACE

Substrate Modification by Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Left Atrial Linear Ablation in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Its Impact on Complex-Fractionated Atrial Electrograms

(2012) SEIICHIRO MATSUO et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by the Ablation of Localized Sources

(2012) Sanjiv M. Narayan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Characterization, Mapping, and Catheter Ablation of Recurrent Atrial Tachycardias After Stepwise Ablation of Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Thomas Rostock et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Efficacy of adjunctive ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms and pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2010) M. H. Kong et al.   EUROPACE

Atrial fibrillation termination as a procedural endpoint during ablation in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

(2010) Claude S. Elayi et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Tachycardia Transition During Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) LEONARDO ARANTES et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Significant Left Atrial Appendage Activation Delay Complicating Aggressive Septal Ablation during Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) CHEN-XI JIANG et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Validation of a classification system to grade fractionation in atrial fibrillation and correlation with automated detection systems

(2009) R. J. Hunter et al.   EUROPACE

Long-term follow-up of persistent atrial fibrillation ablation using termination as a procedural endpoint

(2009) M. D. O'Neill et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Is a Biatrial Arrhythmia

(2008) Thomas Rostock et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Left atrial linear lesions are required for successful treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation

(2008) S. Knecht et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Effect of pulmonary vein isolation on the distribution of complex fractionated electrograms in humans

(2008) Jean-François Roux et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Single-Catheter Technique for Pulmonary Vein Antrum Isolation: Is It Sufficient to Identify and Close the Residual Gaps Without a Circular Mapping Catheter?

(2008) JIANZENG DONG et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY