SummaryBackground: Most of the studies on this subject have reported predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation with relatively short follow-up periods.
Most patients who present symptomatic paroxysmal AF refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs obtain a good clinical control after a single PV isolation procedure.
2008Ablação por radiofreqüência da fibrilação atrial paroxística: fatores determinantes da eficácia clínica a longo-prazo Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v.90, n.2, p.122-129, 2008 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/8466
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