Comparison of Ablation Strategies for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Post Hoc Analysis of the DECAAF II Study

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2023 Oct;16(10):e011975. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.123.011975. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

Authors

Charbel Noujaim¹, Botao Shan¹, Jitae A Kim², Mario Mekhael¹, Han Feng¹, Ala Assaf¹, Hadi Younes¹, Nour Chouman¹, Chanho Lim¹, Tarek Ayyoub¹, Chao Huang¹, Nassir F Marrouche¹, Mihail G Chelu^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia Discovery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.N., B.S., M.M., H.F., A.A., H.Y., N.C., C.L., T.A., C.H., N.F.M.).
² Department of Internal Medicine (J.A.K., M.G.C.), Baylor College of Medicine.
³ Division of Cardiology (M.G.C.), Baylor College of Medicine.
⁴ Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX (M.G.C.).
⁵ Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (M.G.C.).

PMID: 37750322
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.123.011975

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; magnetic resonance imaging; pulmonary vein.

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Catheter Ablation*
Heart Atria
Humans
Pulmonary Veins* / surgery
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome