TY - JOUR 
A1 - Sánchez-Quintana, Damián
AU - López Mínguez, José Ramón
AU - Macías, Yolanda
AU - Cabrera Rodríguez, José Ángel
AU - Saremi, Farhood
T1 - Left atrial anatomy relevant to catheter ablation
Y1 - 2014
SN - 20900597

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/6120
AB - The rapid development of interventional procedures for the treatment of arrhythmias in humans, especially the use of catheter ablation techniques, has renewed interest in cardiac anatomy. Although the substrates of atrial fibrillation (AF), its initiation and maintenance, remain to be fully elucidated, catheter ablation in the left atrium (LA) has become a common therapeutic option for patients with this arrhythmia. Using ablation catheters, various isolation lines and focal targets are created, the majority of which are based on gross anatomical, electroanatomical, and myoarchitectual patterns of the left atrial wall. Our aim was therefore to review the gross morphological and architectural features of the LA and their relations to extracardiac structures. The latter have also become relevant because extracardiac complications of AF ablation can occur, due to injuries to the phrenic and vagal plexus nerves, adjacent coronary arteries, or the esophageal wall causing devastating consequences.
KW - Cateterismo cardíaco
KW - Corazón - Cirugía
KW - Enfermedad cardiovascular
KW - Sistema cardiovascular
LA - eng
ER -