Journal article
Right atrial remodeling is more advanced in patients with atrial flutter than with atrial fibrillation
C Medi, AW Teh, K Roberts-Thomson, JB Morton, PM Kistler, JM Kalman
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology | WILEY | Published : 2012
Abstract
Atrial Remodeling in Atrial Flutter. Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are related arrhythmias with common triggers, yet in individual patients either AF or AFL often predominates. We performed detailed electrophysiologic (EP) and electroanatomic (EA) studies of the right atrium (RA) in patients with AF and AFL to determine substrate differences that may explain the preferential expression of AF/AFL in individual patients. Methods: Patients with AF (n = 13) were compared to patients with persistent AFL (n = 10). Detailed studies were performed, and 3-dimensional electroanatomic mapping studies were created and the RA was divided into 4 segments for regional anal..
View full abstractGrants
Funding Acknowledgements
Dr. Medi is supported by a medical postgraduate scholarship from the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHFA), and was a recipient of a cardiovascular and lipid research grant from Pfizer. Dr. Teh is supported by a medical postgraduate scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, and was a recipient of a cardiovascular and lipid research grant from Pfizer. A/Prof. Kistler is supported by Research Investigatorship from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.Dr. Morton reports research funding from Biotronik and other research support from Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical. Other authors: No disclosures.