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Isolation of Atrial Myocytes from Adult Mice
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A Special Muscle Fiber Surviving After Septal Line Ablation of Mitral-Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter
Takumi Yamada1, Krittapoom Akrawinthawong2, Yuichiro Miyazaki3
1UF Health Cardiovascular Center University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Florida USA.
Journal of Arrhythmia
|September 25, 2026
Abstract:
Following unsuccessful supero-septal line ablation for mitral isthmus-dependent atrial flutter, a conduction gap may occur along the septoatrial bundle (SAB). In such cases, linear ablation extending perpendicularly to the supero-septal ablation line (SSL) toward Bachmann's bundle (BB) may achieve complete conduction block across the supero-septal ablation line.
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