Embolic Events and Char Formation During Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Different Anticoagulation Regimens and Importance of Intracardiac Echo Imaging

Abstract

More aggressive anticoagulation with heparin reduced periprocedural embolic events. The use of platelet inhibition does not have incremental beneficial effect. None of the anticoagulation protocol abolished char formation.