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Review
. 2022 Jun;33(2):154-160.
doi: 10.1007/s00399-022-00858-8. Epub 2022 May 17.

[What the ablationist should know about pulmonary vein anatomy]

[Article in German]
Guram Imnadze  1 , Vanessa Sciacca  2 , Thomas Fink  2 , Martin Braun  2 , Christian Sohns  2 , Mustapha El Hamriti  2 , Amiran Revishvili  3 , Philipp Sommer  2
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Review

[What the ablationist should know about pulmonary vein anatomy]

[Article in German]
Guram Imnadze et al. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2022 Jun.

Abstract
in English, German

The importance of anatomy in daily clinical practice of the interventional electrophysiologist is crucial, especially for pulmonary vein isolation which is a predominantly anatomy-based approach. Many anatomical and morphological studies focusing on this topic were published in last two decades. In this article we are refreshing the knowledge of anatomy and morphology of the pulmonary veins and present them from a clinical perspective.

Die Bedeutung der Anatomie ist zentral für die tägliche Praxis des interventionellen Elektrophysiologen, insbesondere für die Pulmonalvenenisolation, die ein in erster Linie anatomisch geführtes Verfahren darstellt. Viele anatomische und morphologische Studien mit Fokus auf dieses Thema wurden in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten veröffentlicht. In dieser Übersicht stellen wir das aktuelle Wissen über Anatomie und Morphologie der Pulmonalvenen aus klinischer Perspektive dar.

Keywords: Anatomy; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Morphology; Pulmonary vein isolation.

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