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Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure: First Results of a Feasibility Study

BACKGROUND: Drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF) increasingly is being treated with catheter ablation. However, the long-term success rate, expressed as freedom from AF, is <50%. Therefore, vitamin K antagonists, with all their complications, remain necessary. Recently, left atrial appendage...

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Autores principales: Swaans, Martin J., Post, Martijn C., Rensing, Benno J.W.M., Boersma, Lucas V.A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.002212