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Is pulmonary vein antrum isolation safe and effective in valvular heart disease and open heart surgery?

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boxed-textKhaykin Y et al. (2004) Pulmonary vein antrum isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with valvular heart disease or prior open heart surgery. Heart Rhythm 1: 33–39

Catheter ablation of AF should now be considered a viable therapeutic approach for the treatment of patients with highly symptomatic AF in whom at least one antiarrhythmic agent has failed

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