Atrial fibrillation ablation beyond pulmonary veins: The role of left atrial appendage

The role of pulmonary vein isolation in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is only modest. Several studies have demonstrated the role of the left atrial appendage (LAA) in initiating and maintaining of this arrhythmia. We review in this article the incremental benefit in free-arrh...

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Main Authors: Jorge Romero, Andrea Natale, Luigi Di Biase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420491730363X

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