Electroanatomic remodeling of the left atrium in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation patients without structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-238

  Teh, Andrew W ^a,b   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Heck, Patrick M ^a,b   Spence, Steven J ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; electroanatomic mapping; pulmonary veins; remodeling; voltage mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 84858622009     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02178.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Allessie MA, Boyden PA, Camm AJ, Kleber AG, Lab MJ, Legato MJ, Rosen MR, Schwartz PJ, Spooner PM, Van Wagoner DR, Waldo AL,: Pathophysiology and prevention of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2001; 103: 769-777. (Pubitemid 32144209)
2. Sanders P, Morton JB, Davidson NC, Spence SJ, Vohra JK, Sparks PB, Kalman JM,: Electrical remodeling of the atria in congestive heart failure: Electrophysiological and electroanatomic mapping in humans. Circulation 2003; 108: 1461-1468. (Pubitemid 37176452)
3. Kistler PM, Sanders P, Fynn SP, Stevenson IH, Spence SJ, Vohra JK, Sparks PB, Kalman JM,: Electrophysiologic and electroanatomic changes in the human atrium associated with age. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44: 109-116. (Pubitemid 38968468)
4. Sanders P, Morton JB, Kistler PM, Spence SJ, Davidson NC, Hussin A, Vohra JK, Sparks PB, Kalman JM,: Electrophysiological and electroanatomic characterization of the atria in sinus node disease: Evidence of diffuse atrial remodeling. Circulation 2004; 109: 1514-1522. (Pubitemid 38420180)
5. Medi C, Kalman JM, Teh AW, Lee G, Bader I, Kaye DM, Kistler PM,: Atrial electrical and structural changes associated with longstanding hypertension in humans: Implications for the substrates for atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2011: DOI
6. Stiles MK, John B, Wong CX, Kuklik P, Brooks AG, Lau DH, Dimitri H, Roberts-Thomson KC, Wilson L, De Sciscio P, Young GD, Sanders P,: Paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation is associated with an abnormal atrial substrate: Characterizing the "second factor." J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53: 1182-1191.
7. Jais P, Hocini M, Macle L, Choi KJ, Deisenhofer I, Weerasooriya R, Shah DC, Garrigue S, Raybaud F, Scavee C, Le Metayer P, Clementy J, Haissaguerre M,: Distinctive electrophysiological properties of pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2002; 106: 2479-2485. (Pubitemid 35278805)
8. Fuster V, Ryden LE, Cannom DS, Crijns HJ, Curtis AB, Ellenbogen KA, Halperin JL, Le Heuzey JY, Kay GN, Lowe JE, Olsson SB, Prystowsky EN, Tamargo JL, Wann S, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Antman EM, Hunt SA, Nishimura R, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Priori SG, Blanc JJ, Budaj A, Camm AJ, Dean V, Deckers JW, Despres C, Dickstein K, Lekakis J, McGregor K, Metra M, Morais J, Osterspey A, Zamorano JL,: ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation 2006; 114: e257-e354. (Pubitemid 44252297)
9. Roberts-Thomson KC, John B, Worthley SG, Brooks AG, Stiles MK, Lau DH, Kuklik P, Shipp NJ, Kalman JM, Sanders P,: Left atrial remodeling in patients with atrial septal defects. Heart Rhythm 2009; 6: 1000-1006.
10. Everett THt, Li H, Mangrum JM, McRury ID, Mitchell MA, Redick JA, Haines DE,: Electrical, morphological, and ultrastructural remodeling and reverse remodeling in a canine model of chronic atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2000; 102: 1454-1460.
11. Ausma J, van der Velden HM, Lenders MH, van Ankeren EP, Jongsma HJ, Ramaekers FC, Borgers M, Allessie MA,: Reverse structural and gap-junctional remodeling after prolonged atrial fibrillation in the goat. Circulation 2003; 107: 2051-2058. (Pubitemid 36506082)
12. Li D, Fareh S, Leung TK, Nattel S,: Promotion of atrial fibrillation by heart failure in dogs: Atrial remodeling of a different sort. Circulation 1999; 100: 87-95. (Pubitemid 29297945)
13. Verheule S, Wilson E, Everett Tt, Shanbhag S, Golden C, Olgin J,: Alterations in atrial electrophysiology and tissue structure in a canine model of chronic atrial dilatation due to mitral regurgitation. Circulation 2003; 107: 2615-2622. (Pubitemid 36628945)
14. Lau DH, Psaltis PJ, Mackenzie L, Kelly DJ, Carbone A, Worthington M, Nelson AJ, Zhang Y, Kuklik P, Wong CX, Edwards J, Saint DA, Worthley SG, Sanders P,: Atrial remodeling in an ovine model of anthracycline-induced nonischemic cardiomyopathy: Remodeling of the same sort. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2011; 22: 175-182.
15. Corradi D, Callegari S, Benussi S, Maestri R, Pastori P, Nascimbene S, Bosio S, Dorigo E, Grassani C, Rusconi R, Vettori MV, Alinovi R, Astorri E, Pappone C, Alfieri O,: Myocyte changes and their left atrial distribution in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation related to mitral valve disease. Hum Pathol 2005; 36: 1080-1089. (Pubitemid 41443259)
16. Boldt A, Wetzel U, Lauschke J, Weigl J, Gummert J, Hindricks G, Kottkamp H, Dhein S,: Fibrosis in left atrial tissue of patients with atrial fibrillation with and without underlying mitral valve disease. Heart 2004; 90: 400-405. (Pubitemid 38406914)
17. John B, Stiles MK, Kuklik P, Chandy ST, Young GD, Mackenzie L, Szumowski L, Joseph G, Jose J, Worthley SG, Kalman JM, Sanders P,: Electrical remodelling of the left and right atria due to rheumatic mitral stenosis. Eur Heart J 2008; 29: 2234-2243.
18. Verma A, Wazni OM, Marrouche NF, Martin DO, Kilicaslan F, Minor S, Schweikert RA, Saliba W, Cummings J, Burkhardt JD, Bhargava M, Belden WA, Abdul-Karim A, Natale A,: Pre-existent left atrial scarring in patients undergoing pulmonary vein antrum isolation: An independent predictor of procedural failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 45: 285-292. (Pubitemid 40094739)
19. Daccarett M, McGann CJ, Akoum NW, MacLeod RS, Marrouche NF,: MRI of the left atrium: Predicting clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2011; 9: 105-111.
20. Mahnkopf C, Badger TJ, Burgon NS, Daccarett M, Haslam TS, Badger CT, McGann CJ, Akoum N, Kholmovski E, Macleod RS, Marrouche NF,: Evaluation of the left atrial substrate in patients with lone atrial fibrillation using delayed-enhanced MRI: Implications for disease progression and response to catheter ablation. Heart Rhythm 2010; 7: 1475-1481.
21. Vergara GR, Marrouche NF,: Tailored management of atrial fibrillation using a LGE-MRI based model: From the clinic to the electrophysiology laboratory. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2011; 22: 481-487.
22. Segerson NM, Daccarett M, Badger TJ, Shabaan A, Akoum N, Fish EN, Rao S, Burgon NS, Adjei-Poku Y, Kholmovski E, Vijayakumar S, DiBella EV, MacLeod RS, Marrouche NF,: Magnetic resonance imaging-confirmed ablative debulking of the left atrial posterior wall and septum for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: Rationale and initial experience. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010; 21: 126-132.
23. Wijffels MC, Kirchhof CJ, Dorland R, Allessie MA,: Atrial fibrillation begets atrial fibrillation. A study in awake chronically instrumented goats. Circulation 1995; 92: 1954-1968.
24. John B, Stiles MK, Kuklik P, Brooks AG, Chandy ST, Kalman JM, Sanders P,: Reverse remodeling of the atria after treatment of chronic stretch in humans: Implications for the atrial fibrillation substrate. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 55: 1217-1226.