Is there evidence to support empiric atrial flutter ablation for patients undergoing PVI for atrial fibrillation in the absence of clinical evidence of atrial flutter?
Is typical flutter seen as a possible trigger for atrial fibrillation?
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Cardiology · Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates Pc
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Presumably, triggers for typical atrial flutter, emerge from the left atrium. No randomized trial has shown the combined ablation is more sensible than performing one sided atrial ablation without evidence of typical right atrial flutter.
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Cardiology · Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital
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Yes, there is some evidence of doing an empiric CTI line during PVI for atrial fibrillation in the absence of clinical evidence of atrial flutter.
The best summary of data is a meta-analysis joint project between Montefiore and Texas Arrhythmia Institute and Dr Lakkireddy from 2020 JCVEP (Romero et a...
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