| Author |
Year |
N |
AF Type |
Ablation protocol |
Follow-up |
Results |
| Haïssaguerre et al. |
2005 |
60 |
Persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
11±6 months |
95% of patients with termination of AF during ablation were AF free |
| O’Neill et al. |
2009 |
153 |
Persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
34 months |
95% of patients with termination of AF during ablation were AF free95% of patients with termination of AF vs 52% without termination were AF free |
| Rostock et al. |
2011 |
395 |
Persistent AF |
PVI+electrogram guided LA, CS and RA ablation and AT mapping and ablation |
24 months |
AF cycle length and AF termination during ablation predictors of AF free survival. |
| Park et al. |
2012 |
140 |
Long-standing persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
18.7±7.6 months |
69% of patients with termination of AF vs 45% of patients without termination were AF free (p=0.009) |
| Ammar et al |
2013 |
191 |
Persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
12 months |
42% of patients with termination to sinus vs 13% with termination to atrial tachycardia vs 25% without termination were arrhythmia free (p=0.002) |
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| Zhou et al. |
2013 |
200 |
Non-paroxysmal AF |
Step-wise ablation |
50.0±9.3 months |
64% of patients with termination of AF vs 37% of patients without termination of AF were AF free (p<0.001) |
| Rostock et al |
2013 |
110 |
Persistent atrial fibrillation |
PVI+electrogram guided ablation +/- AT mapping |
20.1±13.3 months |
Those who underwent AT ablation were more likely arrhythmia free (57% vs 34%, p=0.02) |
| Komatsu et al. |
2012 |
132 |
Persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
20±11 months |
No difference in AF free survival whether or not AF terminated during ablation. |
| Wang et al. |
2012 |
293 |
Persistent AF |
Step-wise ablation |
23±7 months |
No difference in AF free survival whether or not AF terminated during ablation. |
