TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlative anatomy for the electrophysiologist
T2 - Ablation for atrial fibrillation. Part II: Regional anatomy of the atria and relevance to damage of adjacent structures during AF ablation
AU - MacEdo, Paula G.
AU - Kapa, Suraj
AU - Mears, Jennifer A.
AU - Fratianni, Amy
AU - Asirvatham, Samuel J.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Anatomy for Atrial Fibrillation. Ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation have become an established and increasingly used option for managing patients with symptomatic arrhythmia. The anatomic structures relevant to the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation and ablation procedures are varied and include the pulmonary veins, other thoracic veins, the left atrial myocardium, and autonomic ganglia. Exact regional anatomic knowledge of these structures is essential to allow correlation with fluoroscopy and electrograms and, importantly, to avoid complications from damage of adjacent structures within the chest. We present this information as a series of 2 articles. In a prior issue, we have discussed the thoracic vein anatomy relevant to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. In the present article, we focus on the atria themselves, the autonomic ganglia, and anatomic issues relevant for minimizing complications during atrial fibrillation ablation.
AB - Anatomy for Atrial Fibrillation. Ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation have become an established and increasingly used option for managing patients with symptomatic arrhythmia. The anatomic structures relevant to the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation and ablation procedures are varied and include the pulmonary veins, other thoracic veins, the left atrial myocardium, and autonomic ganglia. Exact regional anatomic knowledge of these structures is essential to allow correlation with fluoroscopy and electrograms and, importantly, to avoid complications from damage of adjacent structures within the chest. We present this information as a series of 2 articles. In a prior issue, we have discussed the thoracic vein anatomy relevant to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. In the present article, we focus on the atria themselves, the autonomic ganglia, and anatomic issues relevant for minimizing complications during atrial fibrillation ablation.
KW - ablation
KW - anatomy
KW - atrial fibrillation
KW - autonomics
KW - pulmonary veins
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01730.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01730.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20158560
AN - SCOPUS:77954045394
SN - 1045-3873
VL - 21
SP - 829
EP - 836
JO - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
JF - Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
IS - 7
ER -