Noninducibility of Atrial Fibrillation as an End Point of Left Atrial Circumferential Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
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- 2 November 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 110 (18) , 2797-2801
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000146786.87037.26
Abstract
Background— An anatomic approach of left atrial radiofrequency circumferential ablation (LACA) to encircle the pulmonary veins is often effective in eliminating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). However, no electrophysiological end points other than voltage abatement and/or conduction slowing or block across ablation lines have been used. It has been unclear whether noninducibility of AF is a clinically useful end point.Keywords
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