A new approach for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: mapping of the electrophysiologic substrate

K Nademanee, J McKenzie, E Kosar, M Schwab…�- Journal of the American�…, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to test the hypothesis that complex fractionated electrograms (CFAEs)
recorded during atrial fibrillation (AF) could be used as target sites for catheter ablation of�…

High-density activation mapping of fractionated electrograms in the atria of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

T Rostock, M Rotter, P Sanders, Y Takahashi, P Ja�s…�- Heart Rhythm, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Areas of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) have been
implicated in the atrial substrate of atrial fibrillation (AF). The mechanisms underlying CFAE�…

Prospective study of atrial fibrillation termination during ablation guided by automated detection of fractionated electrograms

M Porter, W Spear, JG Akar, RAY Helms…�- Journal of�…, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) may identify critical sites for
perpetuation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and provide useful targets for ablation. Current�…

The temporal variability of dominant frequency and complex fractionated atrial electrograms constrains the validity of sequential mapping in human atrial fibrillation

N Habel, P Znojkiewicz, N Thompson, JG M�ller…�- Heart Rhythm, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that sequential mapping of dominant frequency (DF)
and complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) can identify target sites for ablation of�…

Classifying fractionated electrograms in human atrial fibrillation using monophasic action potentials and activation mapping: evidence for localized drivers, rate�…

SM Narayan, M Wright, N Derval, A Jadidi, A Forclaz…�- Heart Rhythm, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Complex fractionated electrograms (CFAEs) detected during substrate
mapping for atrial fibrillation (AF) reflect etiologies that are difficult to separate. Without�…

[CITATION][C] How to perform electrogram-guided atrial fibrillation ablation

K Nademanee, M Schwab, J Porath…�- Heart Rhythm, 2006 - heartrhythmjournal.com
Over the past decade, several mapping studies of human atrial fibrillation (AF) have made
the following important observations:(1) Atrial electrograms during sustained atrial fibrillation�…

Panoramic electrophysiological mapping but not electrogram morphology identifies stable sources for human atrial fibrillation: stable atrial fibrillation rotors and focal�…

SM Narayan, K Shivkumar, DE Krummen…�- Circulation�…, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The foundation for successful arrhythmia ablation is the mapping of electric
propagation to identify underlying mechanisms. In atrial fibrillation (AF), however, mapping�…

Electrophysiologic characteristics of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in patients with atrial fibrillation

JH Park, HUINAM PAK, SK Kim, JK Jang…�- Journal of�…, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms of CFAE. Introduction: The underlying mechanisms of complex fractionated
atrial electrogram (CFAE) during radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of atrial fibrillation�…

Atrial mapping and radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with idiopathic atrial fibrillation: electrophysiological findings and ablation results

F Gaita, R Riccardi, L Calo, M Scaglione…�- Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Knowledge of the electrophysiological substrates and the cure of atrial
fibrillation (AF) is still unsatisfactory. The goal of this study was to evaluate the�…

[HTML][HTML] Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by complex fractionated atrial electrogram mapping of atrial fibrillation substrate

K Nademanee, E Lockwood, N Oketani, B Gidney�- Journal of cardiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Cardiologists and physicians have witnessed a significant change in the management of
atrial fibrillation (AF): antiarrhythmic agents are no longer considered more effective than just�…