Chierchia Gian Battista, Sorgente Antonio, Sarkozy Andrea, de Asmundis Carlo, Brugada Pedro
Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium.
J Atr Fibrillation. 2010 Dec 15;3(4):294. doi: 10.4022/jafib.294. eCollection 2010 Dec.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is certainly the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, reaching epidemic proportions in occidental society. Nowadays, transcatheter ablation using radiofrequency (RF) has become a popular technique in the treatment of drug-resistant AF. Since ectopic beats originating from the pulmonary veins (PVs) have been shown to be the main trigger initiating AF, electrical isolation of these venous structures has become the goal when performing this procedure.
心房颤动(AF)无疑是临床实践中最常见的心律失常,在西方社会已达到流行程度。如今,使用射频(RF)的经导管消融已成为治疗药物难治性AF的一种流行技术。由于已证明源自肺静脉(PVs)的异位搏动是引发AF的主要触发因素,因此在进行该手术时,这些静脉结构的电隔离已成为目标。