Anatomical Distribution of Ectopy-Triggering Plexuses in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Min-Young Kim; Belinda C Sandler; Markus B Sikkel; Christopher D Cantwell; Kevin M Leong; Vishal Luther; Louisa Malcolme-Lawes; Michael Koa-Wing; Fu Siong Ng; Norman Qureshi; Afzal Sohaib; Zachary I Whinnett; Michael Fudge; Elaine Lim; Michelle Todd; Ian Wright; Nicholas S Peters; Phang Boon Lim; Nicholas W F Linton; Prapa Kanagaratnam

doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008715

Anatomical Distribution of Ectopy-Triggering Plexuses in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;13(9):e008715. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008715. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Authors

Min-Young Kim^#^{1

2}, Belinda C Sandler^#^{1

2}, Markus B Sikkel^{1

2

3}, Christopher D Cantwell^{1

2}, Kevin M Leong^{2

3}, Vishal Luther^{2

3}, Louisa Malcolme-Lawes^{2

3}, Michael Koa-Wing^{2

3}, Fu Siong Ng^{1

2

3}, Norman Qureshi^{2

3}, Afzal Sohaib^{2

3

4}, Zachary I Whinnett^{2

3}, Michael Fudge^{2

3}, Elaine Lim^{2

3}, Michelle Todd^{2

3}, Ian Wright^{2

3}, Nicholas S Peters^{1

2

3}, Phang Boon Lim^{1

2

3}, Nicholas W F Linton^{1

2

3}, Prapa Kanagaratnam¹

Affiliations

¹ Myocardial Function Section, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (M.-Y.K., B.C.S., M.B.S., C.D.C., F.S.N., N.S.P., P.B.L., N.W.F.L., P.K.), Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
² Imperial Centre for Cardiac Engineering (M.-Y.K., B.C.S., M.B.S., C.D.C., K.M.L., V.L., L.M.-L., M.K.-W., F.S.N., N.Q., A.S., Z.I.W., M.F., E.L., M.T., I.W., N.S.P., P.B.L., N.W.F.L.), Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.B.S., K.M.L., V.L., L.M.-L., M.K.-W., F.S.N., N.Q., A.S., Z.I.W., M.F., M.F., E.L., M.T., I.W., N.S.P., P.B.L., N.W.F.L.).
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.S.).

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32718187
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008715

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; endocardium; heart atria; heart block.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery
Catheter Ablation
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac*
Ganglia, Autonomic / physiopathology*
Ganglia, Autonomic / surgery
Heart Atria / innervation*
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Rate*
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Veins / surgery
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Treatment Outcome

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding