Lasso catheter guided ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: the first experience in Thailand.

Unlabelled: The authors used the 10-pole pulmonary vein sized loop-shaped, lasso, catheter via a transatrial septal long sheath in 10 patients who had symptomatic refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) in order to map and guide for catheter ablation. The radiofrequency current was delivered at the junction between atrial tissue and the pulmonary vein which was the earliest endocardial activation time of the premature atrial contraction (PAC) initiating the PAF and at the pulmonary vein potential during sinus rhythm. Twenty two foci of PAC, 10 and 7, 4 and 1 from left and right superior and left and right inferior pulmonary veins, respectively, and 5 pulmonary vein potentials, 2 and 3 from left and right superior pulmonary veins, respectively, were ablated.