Left atrial linear lesions are required for successful treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation
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- 8 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal
- Vol. 29 (19) , 2359-2366
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehn302
Abstract
Aims This study evaluates the clinical outcome and incidence of left atrial (LA) macro re-entrant atrial tachycardia (AT) in patients in whom persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) terminated during catheter ablation without the need of roof and mitral lines.Keywords
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