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To decrease radiation exposure and increase safety alternative techniques are desirable. The aim of this study was to assess whether right atrial (RA) electroanatomic 3D mapping can reliably identify the fossa ovalis (FO) in preparation of TP.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Between May 2019 and August 2019, electroanatomic RA mapping was performed before TP in 61 patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation. Three electroanatomic methods for FO identification, mapping catheter-induced FO protrusion, electroanatomic-guided analysis, and voltage mapping, were evaluated and compared with transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE). Mapping catheter-induced FO protrusion was feasible in 60 patients (98%) with a mean displacement of 6.8\u2009\u00b1\u20092.5\u2009mm, confirmed by TOE, and proofed to be the most valuable and easiest marker for FO identification. Electroanatomic-guided analysis localized the FO midpoint consistently in the lower half (43\u2009\u00b1\u20097%) and posterior (18.2\u2009\u00b1\u20094.4\u2009mm) to a line between coronary sinus and vena cava superior. Analysis of RA voltage maps during sinus rhythm (n\u2009=\u200940, low-voltage cut-off value 1.0 and 1.5\u2009mV) allowed secure FO recognition in 33% and 18%, only. A step-by-step approach, combining FO protrusion (first step) with anatomy criteria in case of protrusion failure (second step) would have allowed for the correct localization of a TP site within the FO in all patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Right atrial electroanatomic 3D mapping prior to TP proofed to be a simple tool for FO identification and may potentially be of use in the safe and radiation-free performance of TP prior to LA ablation procedures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euaa034","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,27]],"date-time":"2020-01-27T20:11:05Z","timestamp":1580155865000},"page":"732-738","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["3D mapping for the identification of the fossa ovalis in left atrial ablation procedures: a pilot study of a first step towards an electroanatomic-guided transseptal puncture"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3674-790X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"Eichenlaub","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reinhold","family":"Weber","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Minners","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hans-J\u00fcrgen","family":"Allgeier","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amir","family":"Jadidi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bj\u00f6rn","family":"M\u00fcller-Edenborn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Franz-Josef","family":"Neumann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Arentz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heiko","family":"Lehrmann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Suedring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020050704580291000_euaa034-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/eux274","article-title":"2017 HRS\/EHRA\/ECAS\/APHRS\/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation","volume":"20","author":"Calkins","year":"2018","journal-title":"Europace"},{"key":"2020050704580291000_euaa034-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e73","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hrthm.2017.10.036","article-title":"2017 AHA\/ACC\/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology\/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society","volume":"15","author":"Al-Khatib","year":"2018","journal-title":"Heart Rhythm"},{"key":"2020050704580291000_euaa034-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"653","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9149(59)90347-9","article-title":"Transseptal left atrial puncture; 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