What have we learned about atrial arrhythmias from ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation?

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Review

Hakan Oral. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Jun.

. 2008 Jun;5(6 Suppl):S36-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.03.002. Epub 2008 Mar 7.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. oralh@umich.edu

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Catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: antral pulmonary vein isolation and elimination of nonpulmonary vein triggers are sufficient.
Dixit S, Lin D, Frankel DS, Marchlinski FE. Dixit S, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012 Dec;5(6):1216-23; discussion 1223. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.970343. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012. PMID: 23250551 Review. No abstract available.
Roles of the left atrial roof and pulmonary veins in the anatomic substrate for persistent atrial fibrillation and ablation in a canine model.
Nishida K, Sarrazin JF, Fujiki A, Oral H, Inoue H, Morady F, Nattel S. Nishida K, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Nov 16;56(21):1728-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.051. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010. PMID: 21070924
Catheter ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation.
Oral H. Oral H. Heart Rhythm. 2007 May;4(5):691-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.12.008. Epub 2006 Dec 15. Heart Rhythm. 2007. PMID: 17467648 Review. No abstract available.
Evolving strategies in catheter ablation of long-standing atrial fibrillation.
Dixit S. Dixit S. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2008 Dec;1(5):324-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.834879. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2008. PMID: 19808426 No abstract available.
Atrial fibrillation: Ablation of atrial fibrillation: for whom and how?
Kirchhof P, Eckardt L. Kirchhof P, et al. Heart. 2010 Aug;96(16):1325-30. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2009.168393. Heart. 2010. PMID: 20659953 No abstract available.

The quest for rotors in atrial fibrillation: different nets catch different fishes.
Berenfeld O, Oral H. Berenfeld O, et al. Heart Rhythm. 2012 Sep;9(9):1440-1. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.04.029. Epub 2012 Apr 21. Heart Rhythm. 2012. PMID: 22521928 Free PMC article. No abstract available.