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Purpose Complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) and high dominant frequency sites during atrial fibrillation (AF-HDF) are related to the maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). HDF sites in sinus rhythm (SR-HDF; as defined by frequencies of >70?Hz) are suggested to be abnormal atrial tissue. Relations between these electrophysiologic signals have not been elucidated. Methods We investigated the relations between SR-HDF and CFAE and AF-HDF sites during AF. NavX-based maps of CFAE and left atrium (LA)/pulmonary vein (PV) dominant frequency (DF) during AF and DF maps during SR were created for 23 patients with AF (paroxysmal AF (PAF), n--4; persistent AF (PerAF), n--). Results The extent of overlap between SR-HDF and CFAE sites was 51?±-8?% (as calculated by the LA/PV segments containing both an SR-HDF site and a CFAE site/total LA/PV segments containing an CFAE site) and the extent of overlap between SR-HDF and AF-HDF sites was 50?±-5?% (P--.7464). However, statistically poor agreement was noted for both (kappa values, 0.07?±-.19 and 0.08?±-.24, P--.8794). The extent of overlap did not differ between PAF and PerAF patients (SR-HDF and CFAE, 52?% (interquartile range (IQR), 42-9) versus 57?% (IQR, 33-7), P--.5842; SR-HDF and AF-HDF, 43?% (IQR, 25-5) versus 55?% (IQR, 13-3), P--.9465). The bipolar voltage amplitudes of SR-HDF, CFAE, and AF-HDF sites revealed normal voltage areas (1.6?mV (IQR, 0.8-.7), 1.9?mV (IQR, 1.1-.8), and 1.5?mV (IQR, 1.7-.7), respectively). Conclusions In both PAF and PerAF, most CFAE and AF-HDF sites did not correspond to the SR-HDF sites or low-voltage area during SR. Thus, most CFAE and DF signals during AF represent functional electrical activities rather than structural remodeling of the atria.