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Approach and strategy for repeat catheter ablation of recurrent atrial fibrillation
Author(s) -
Tomaiko Emrie,
Tseng Andrew,
Reichert William B.,
Su Wilber W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/jce.14238
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , catheter ablation , ablation , cardiology , catheter , surgery
Patients with atrial fibrillation often undergo repeat catheter ablation for the recurrence of tachyarrhythmia. If the pulmonary veins were isolated in prior procedure, the operator should focus on substrate homogenization with identification and ablation of only arrhythmogenic areas.