Rapid ventricular pacing: a fast, reliable, and safe technique for optimization of image acquisition during rotational angiography for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Sebastian Hilbert; Nikolaos Dagres; Gerhard Hindricks; Philipp Sommer; Thomas Gaspar; Loukianos S Rallidis; Dimitrios Th Kremastinos; Christopher Piorkowski

doi:10.1007/s00380-010-0023-2

Rapid ventricular pacing: a fast, reliable, and safe technique for optimization of image acquisition during rotational angiography for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Vessels. 2011 May;26(3):349-52. doi: 10.1007/s00380-010-0023-2. Epub 2010 Oct 21.

Authors

Sebastian Hilbert¹, Nikolaos Dagres, Gerhard Hindricks, Philipp Sommer, Thomas Gaspar, Loukianos S Rallidis, Dimitrios Th Kremastinos, Christopher Piorkowski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 20963596
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-010-0023-2

Abstract

Rotational angiography is a novel method for three-dimensional reconstruction of the left atrium and pulmonary veins during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, but is still hampered by suboptimal reconstructions in a considerable number of patients. We describe the results of rapid pacing of the right ventricle for optimization of image acquisition during rotational angiography.

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
Catheter Ablation*
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Female
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventricular Function, Right*