Interv Akut Kardiol. 2021;20(1):37-43 | DOI: 10.36290/kar.2021.002

Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomical variants in patients with atrial fibrillation

Barbora Farkasová, David Pospíšil, Tomáš Novotný, Monika Míková, Ondřej Toman, Milan Sepši, Petr Kala
Interní kardiologická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Brno
Interní kardiologická klinika, Lékařská fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, Brno

This review summarizes and compares the methods and results of available original papers on the evaluation of anatomical variants of pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation published in the last two decades. The studies included show that an understanding of anatomical variants of pulmonary veins is an important prerequisite for successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. The present text deals with an analysis and mutual comparison of the methods and results used in various evaluations of the original authors.

Keywords: pulmonary veins, atrial fibrillation, anatomical variants.

Received: January 27, 2021; Revised: January 27, 2021; Accepted: January 28, 2021; Prepublished online: January 28, 2021; Published: April 29, 2021  Show citation

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Farkasová B, Pospíšil D, Novotný T, Míková M, Toman O, Sepši M, Kala P. Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomical variants in patients with atrial fibrillation. Interv Akut Kardiol. 2021;20(1):37-43. doi: 10.36290/kar.2021.002.
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