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Background: Interatrial conduction has been postulated to play an important role in atrial fibrillation (AF). The pathways involved in interatrial conduction during AF remain incompletely defined.
Objective: We recently showed physiological assessment of fibrillatory dynamics could be performed using renewal theory, which determines rates of phase singularity formation (λ) and destruction (λ). Using the renewal approach, we aimed to understand the role of the interatrial septum and other electrically coupled regions during AF.
Method: RENEWAL-AF is a prospective multicenter observational study recruiting AF ablation patients (ACTRN 12619001172190). We studied unipolar electrograms obtained from 16 biatrial locations prior to ablation using a 16-electrode Advisor HD Grid catheter. Renewal rate constants λ and λ were calculated, and the relationships between these rate constants in regions of interatrial connectivity were examined.
Results: Forty-one AF patients (28.5% female) were recruited. A positive linear correlation was observed between λ and λ (1) across the interatrial septum (λ r = 0.5, < .001, λ r = 0.45, < .001), (2) in regions connected by the Bachmann bundle (right atrial appendage-left atrial appendage λ r = 0.29, = .001; λ r = 0.2, = .008), and (3) across the inferior interatrial routes (cavotricuspid isthmus-left atrial septum λ r = 0.67, < .001; λ r = 0.55, < .001). Persistent AF status and left atrial volume were found to be important effect modifiers of the degree of interatrial renewal rate statistical correlation.
Conclusion: Our findings support the role of interseptal statistically determined electrical disrelation in sustaining AF. Additionally, renewal theory identified preferential conduction through specific interatrial pathways during fibrillation. These findings may be of importance in identifying clinically significant targets for ablation in AF patients.
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