CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN LEFT ATRIAL AND PULMONARY VEIN DIMENSIONS
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Catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: segmental pulmonary vein ostial ablation versus left atrial ablation.
BACKGROUND Segmental ostial catheter ablation (SOCA) to isolate the pulmonary veins (PVs) and left atrial catheter ablation (LACA) to encircle the PVs both may eliminate paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). The relative efficacy of these 2 techniques has not been directly compared. METHODS AND RESULTS Of 80 consecutive patients with symptomatic PAF (age, 52+/-10 years), 40 patients underwent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(10)60092-7