Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages 1918-1924 (September 2015) Importance of nonpulmonary vein foci in catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Kentaro Hayashi, MD, Yoshimori An, MD, Michio Nagashima, MD, Kenichi Hiroshima, MD, Masatsugu Ohe, MD, PhD, Yu Makihara, MD, Kennosuke Yamashita, MD, Schoichiro Yamazato, MD, Masato Fukunaga, MD, Koichiro Sonoda, MD, PhD, Kenji Ando, MD, PhD, Masahiko Goya, MD, PhD Heart Rhythm Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages 1918-1924 (September 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.003 Copyright © 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Positions of catheters for induction of nonpulmonary vein foci. CS = coronary sinus; CT = crista terminalis; LAPW = left atrial posterior wall; LSPV = left superior pulmonary vein; RSPV = right superior pulmonary vein; SVC = superior vena cava. Heart Rhythm 2015 12, 1918-1924DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.003) Copyright © 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Study design and patient flow. CA = catheter ablation; PAF = paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; PV = pulmonary vein. Heart Rhythm 2015 12, 1918-1924DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.003) Copyright © 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan–Meier survival curves showing the significant differences in rates of freedom from atrial fibrillation between groups 1 and 3 and between groups 2 and 3. P = .8942 for groups 1 and 2; P < .0001 for group 1 and 3; P < .0001 for groups 2 and 3 (log-rank). Heart Rhythm 2015 12, 1918-1924DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.003) Copyright © 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Kaplan–Meier survival curves showing no significant differences in rates of freedom from atrial fibrillation between group 2 and patients with pulmonary vein (PV) foci in group 1. P = .8316 (log-rank). Heart Rhythm 2015 12, 1918-1924DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.003) Copyright © 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions