RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Shuman, Jill
T1 Innovations in Managing Atrial Fibrillation and Patients With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2015
FD SAGE Publications
VO 15
IS 22
SP 21
OP 22
DO 10.1177/1559897715598302
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/22/21.abstract
AB Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that presents management challenges to clinicians. Pulmonary vein isolation may help patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF convert to prolonged sinus rhythm. However, patients in need for additional substrate modification will likely require radiofrequency ablation as the preferred ablation technology. For patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiac resynchronization therapy may be achieved by simultaneously pacing both the left and right ventricles; endocardial pacing is likely superior to epicardial pacing.