The Relationship Between Electrogram Cycle Length and Dominant Frequency in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Introduction: Sites of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) with a short mean cycle length (MCL) and sites with a high dominant frequency (DF) have been advocated as targets for ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). However, there are little data on the relationship between theses 2 markers. This study assessed the relationship between the DF and electrogram MCL after pulmonary vein (PV) isolation in patients with persistent AF.

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