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.