Total absence of pulmonary vein potentials in a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: was it really isolated?

Heart and vessels 2017 Apr

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We herein present a case (72 years, male) with total absence of pulmonary veins (PVs) potentials at the beginning of the first procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), demonstrating dormant conduction between the left atrium and all PVs revealed by adenosine triphosphate provocation with relation to the incidence of AF. He was free from atrial arrhythmias during 1 year follow-up after complete PV isolation with the elimination of multiple transient dormant conductions by circular mapping catheter guide ablation.

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Kenichi Yokoyama, Seigo Yamashita, Kenichi Tokutake, Ryohsuke Narui, Mika Kato, Shinichi Tanigawa, Michifumi Tokuda, Keiichi Inada, Seiichiro Matsuo, Kenri Shibayama, Satoru Miyanaga, Michihiro Yoshimura, Teiichi Yamane. Total absence of pulmonary vein potentials in a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: was it really isolated? Heart and vessels. 2017 Apr;32(4):501-505