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Atrial Fibrillation Mechanisms and Implications for Catheter Ablation.

Abstract：

:AF is a heterogeneous rhythm disorder that is related to a wide spectrum of etiologies and has broad clinical presentations. Mechanisms underlying AF are complex and remain incompletely understood despite extensive research. They associate interactions between triggers, substrate and modulators including ionic and anatomic remodeling, genetic predisposition and neuro-humoral contributors. The pulmonary veins play a key role in the pathogenesis of AF and their isolation is associated to high rates of AF freedom in patients with paroxysmal AF. However, ablation of persistent AF remains less effective, mainly limited by the difficulty to identify the sources sustaining AF. Many theories were advanced to explain the perpetuation of this form of AF, ranging from a single localized focal and reentrant source to diffuse bi-atrial multiple wavelets. Translating these mechanisms to the clinical practice remains challenging and limited by the spatio-temporal resolution of the mapping techniques. AF is driven by focal or reentrant activities that are initially clustered in a relatively limited atrial surface then disseminate everywhere in both atria. Evidence for structural remodeling, mainly represented by atrial fibrosis suggests that reentrant activities using anatomical substrate are the key mechanism sustaining AF. These reentries can be endocardial, epicardial, and intramural which makes them less accessible for mapping and for ablation. Subsequently, early interventions before irreversible remodeling are of major importance. Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation remains the cornerstone of the treatment of AF, regardless of the AF form and of the AF duration. No ablation strategy consistently demonstrated superiority to pulmonary vein isolation in preventing long term recurrences of atrial arrhythmias. Further research that allows accurate identification of the mechanisms underlying AF and efficient ablation should improve the results of PsAF ablation.

journal_name

Front Physiol

journal_title

Frontiers in physiology

authors

Cheniti G,Vlachos K,Pambrun T,Hooks D,Frontera A,Takigawa M,Bourier F,Kitamura T,Lam A,Martin C,Dumas-Pommier C,Puyo S,Pillois X,Duchateau J,Klotz N,Denis A,Derval N,Jais P,Cochet H,Hocini M,Haissaguerre M,Sache

doi

10.3389/fphys.2018.01458

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-10-17 00:00:00

pages

1458

issn

1664-042X

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Atrial Fibrillation Mechanisms and Implications for Catheter Ablation.