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Arrhythmia treatment — evidence catching up with technology

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Clinical cardiac electrophysiology has evolved rapidly over the past 2 decades. Although the fast pace of technical and therapeutic advances has occasionally outpaced evidence supporting widespread effectiveness, the highlights of electrophysiology research in 2016 illustrate the emergence of robust evidence for implementation of several important therapies.

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Figure 1: Point-by-point activation mapping for ablation of scar and border zones.

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  1. Benjamin A. Steinberg is at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.,

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  2. Jonathan P. Piccini is at the Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 Pratt Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA.,

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B.A.S. receives research funding support from Janssen, serves as a consultant to BMS/Pfizer, and receives educational support from Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and St. Jude Medical. J.P.P. receives funding for clinical research from ARCA Biopharma, Boston Scientific, Gilead, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, ResMed, Spectranetics, and St. Jude Medical, and serves as a consultant to Allergan, Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and Spectranetics.

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Steinberg, B., Piccini, J. Arrhythmia treatment — evidence catching up with technology. Nat Rev Cardiol 14, 75–76 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2016.219

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