Is pulmonary vein antrum isolation safe and effective in valvular heart disease and open heart surgery?
Hugh Calkins
Correspondence The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Carnegie 592, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Email hcalkins@jhmi.edu
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The approach used for catheter ablation of AF has evolved considerably since Jais et al.1 identified the PV as an important trigger of AF. Focal ablation targeting arrhythmogenic triggers within the PVs has been replaced by more anatomically based approaches.2, 3, 4
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