Breaking News! When It Comes to Complications of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Experience Matters
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Breaking news! When it comes to complications of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, experience matters.
D uring the past decade, catheter ablation of atrial fibrilla-tion (AF) has emerged as an important treatment option for patients with symptomatic AF refractory to anti-arrhyth-mic drug therapy. The 2012 Heart Rhythm Society/European Heart Rhythm Association/European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society Expert Consensus Document on Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation provides a Class 1 Level of Evid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.006197