Image fusion shows the role of incomplete ablation lines in creating a substrate for left atrial flutter occurring after atrial fibrillation ablation

Heart Rhythm. 2008 Jan;5(1):163-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.021. Epub 2007 Sep 20.

Authors

Maurizio Del Greco¹, Alessandro Cristoforetti, Massimiliano Marini, Flavia Ravelli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.

PMID: 18065284
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.021

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Atrial Flutter / etiology*
Atrial Flutter / therapy
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Treatment Failure*