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Termination of persistent atrial fibrillation resistant to cardioversion by a single radiofrequency application
Bengt Herweg1, Marcin Kowalski, Jonathan S Steinberg
1Arrhythmia Service, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|June 26, 2003
Abstract:
This report describes the termination of persistent AF refractory to multiple cardioversions and antiarrhythmic therapy in a patient without structural heart disease, with a single radiofrequency application delivered in the left upper pulmonary vein. The observations and failure of repeated internal and external cardioversion suggest a rapidly firing arrhythmia focus sustaining atrial fibrillation amenable to curative pulmonary vein ablation.