Role of the Posterior Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins in Human Lone Atrial Fibrillation
- 23 December 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 108 (25), 3108-3114
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000104567.72914.bf
Abstract
Background— Surgery can eliminate atrial fibrillation (AF), but data confirming the rationale for specific lesion sets are lacking. We used postoperative electrophysiological studies to test the rationale and effects of operative pulmonary venous isolation.Keywords
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