PMC:6019327 / 175423-176430 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/6019327","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"6019327","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/6019327","text":"A survey of the writing group members shows that for patients undergoing an initial AF ablation for PAF, 7% of the writing group members employ an ablation strategy based in part on MRI or voltage mapping-detected scar, and 9% of the writing group members employ this strategy for repeat AF ablation procedures in patients with PAF. For an initial ablation procedure in patients with persistent and longstanding persistent AF, 15% of the writing group members employ an ablation strategy based in part on MRI or voltage mapping-detected scar. The proportion increases to 22% for repeat ablation in patients with persistent or long-standing persistent AF. Based on this information and a review of the literature, the writing group recognizes that the usefulness of mapping and ablation of areas of abnormal myocardial tissue identified with voltage mapping or MRI as an initial or repeat ablation strategy for persistent and long-standing persistent AF is not well established (Class IIb, LOE B-R, Table 3).","tracks":[]}