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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Atrial Fibrillation (Part 2) - Catheter Ablation
Eduardo B Saad1,2, Andre d'Avila3,4
1Hospital Pró-Cardíaco - Serviço de Arritmias e Estimulação Cardíaca Artificial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil.
Abstract:
More than 20 years since its initial use, catheter ablation has become a routinely performed procedure for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Initially based on the electrical isolation of pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal AF, subsequent advances in the understanding of pathophysiology led to additional techniques not only to achieve better results, but also to treat patients with persistent forms of arrhythmia, as well as patients with structural heart disease and heart failure.
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