Successful catheter ablation for a dominant atrial fibrillation driver manifested after box isolation using a novel mapp...
Published in HeartRhythm case reports
Successful catheter ablation for a dominant atrial fibrillation driver manifested after box isolation using a novel mapp...
High-power, short-duration ablation during Box isolation for atrial fibrillation.
Published in Journal of arrhythmia
It has been demonstrated that a high-power, short-duration (HPSD) ablation during pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is effective and safe. However, studies about the HPSD ablation during the posterior wall isolation, the Box isolation (BOXI), are limited. We evaluated the efficacy, feasibility, and safety of HPSD ablation during BOXI. One-hundred sixty...
One-point posterior ablation for complete isolation of the posterior left atrium
Published in HeartRhythm Case Reports
Spiral slow conduction associated with a box isolation in the posterior left atrium unmasking a pulmonary vein reconnect...
Published in HeartRhythm Case Reports
The feasibility of a Box isolation strategy for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in elderly patients.
Published in Journal of arrhythmia
Catheter ablation of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (non-PAF) is a therapeutic challenge especially in elderly patients. This study describes the feasibility of a posterior left atrium isolation as a substrate modification in addition to pulmonary vein isolation, the so-called Box isolation, for elderly patients with non-PAF. Two hundred twenty...
Outcome of stand-alone thoracoscopic epicardial left atrial posterior box isolation with bipolar radiofrequency energy f...
Published in Netherlands Heart Journal
IntroductionCatheter ablation of longstanding (> 1 year) persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with poor outcome. This might be due to remodelling and fibrosis formation, mainly located in the posterior left atrial (LA) wall. Therefore, we adopted a thoracoscopic epicardial box isolation of the posterior left atrium using bipolar RF ene...
Clinical outcome when left atrial posterior wall box isolation is included as a catheter ablation strategy in patients w...
Published in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
PurposeIsolation of the pulmonary veins alone (PVI) is associated with a 50 to 70 % success rate in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) but is significantly lower for persistent AF. We sought to evaluate patient outcomes in terms of safety and efficacy when posterior left atrial box isolation is included as a catheter ablation strategy in patients ...
Conventional pulmonary vein isolation compared with the “box isolation” method: a randomized clinical trial
...Published in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
PurposeEsophageal injury is a potential complication with radiofrequency ablation in the posterior wall of the left atrium (LA). The “box isolation” method isolates the posterior LA wall including the pulmonary veins without ablation on the posterior LA wall. This study compares the acute and long-term efficacy of the box isolation method with conv...
