Potential benefit of adenosine testing
Adenosine testing could be performed at the end of a standard waiting period to further augment the already high rate of permanent cure of atrial flutter, as it is used after PVI. This study tested its ability to replace the waiting period. If we had terminated the waiting period after each of the 128 negative adenosine tests, the procedure duration would have been reduced from 42±12 to 27±12 minutes, a 36% time-reduction.