Abstract
Patients with lone atrial fibrillation (AF) have an abnormal atrial substrate. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of direction-dependent conduction in patients with lone AF. Twenty-four patients with paroxysmal lone AF and 24 reference patients with left-sided accessory pathways were studied. Multipolar catheters placed at the lateral right atrium, crista terminalis, coronary sinus (CS), and left atrial roof were used to determine direction-dependent conduction characteristics. Biatrial electroanatomic maps were created during sinus rhythm and with distal CS pacing to characterize direction-dependent differences in conduction velocities, electrogram complexity, and voltage. Differing wavefront directions caused changes in conduction velocity (P <.001), biatrial activation times (P <.001), electrogram fragmentation (P <.001), site-specific conduction delays (P <.001), and voltage (P <.001) in both lone AF and reference patients. These direction-dependent abnormalities were amplified in lone AF patients compared to reference patients, who exhibited greater slowing in conduction velocities (P = .02), prolongation of biatrial activation time (P = .04), increase in number (P <.001) and length (P <.001) of lines of c...Continue Reading
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