Affiliation:
1. Military Medical Academy named after Kirov S.M. (branch) MD of the Russian Federation
Abstract
The article presents the main clinical, instrumental, and electrophysiological risk factors of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurence in patients with typical atrial flutter (TAF) who underwent radio frequency catheter ablation (RFA) of the cavotricuspidal isthmus (CTI). The term “post-ablation AF” is defined. The role of such a factor as endocardial provocation test in predicting post-ablation AF in patients with TAF is indicated. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of preventive maintenance of RFA AF in patients undergoing RFA CTI are also represented. Mathematical models for predicting AF in the general population and in patients with TAF are discussed.
Publisher
Medical Informational Agency Publishers