3 Results
A total of 52 patients with PAF despite at least one antiarrhythmic drug
were included. One patient developed acute pericardial tamponade during
3D pulmonary vein isolation and the process was terminated. In another
patient, pericardial tamponade was observed 12 hours after the
successful process and upon percutaneous pericardiocentesis was
insufficient due to effusion localization, the patient was taken to the
surgery. Finally, 50 patients who underwent RF ablation with the CARTO®
3D pulmonary vein isolation system were analyzed. All patients had
received at least one antiarrhythmic drug with 34 (68%) had received
propafenone and the remaining 16 (32%) amiodarone.
Of all patients, 28 (56%) were female and the mean age of the patients
was 51.68±11.731 years. PAF attack was observed at follow-up after the
ablation in six (12%) patients. Basal echocardiographic findings of the
patients are given in Table 1.
Table 1 Basal echocardiographic findings of the patients.