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Does exchanging catheters over a single transseptal access increase the risk of silent cerebral events during left atrial ablation compared to using different transseptal accesses?
Does exchanging catheters over a single transseptal access increase the risk of silent cerebral events during left atrial ablation compared to using different transseptal accesses?
Using a single transseptal sheath and exchanging catheters during left atrial ablation is associated with a higher risk of silent cerebral events compared to using separate accesses.
Warrants caution with single-access catheter exchange in left atrial ablation; hypothesis-generating for separate transseptal accesses reducing silent cerebral events.
Exchanging catheters over a single transseptal access to perform left atrial ablation is associated with a significantly higher incidence of SCE compared to an ablation technique using different transseptal accesses for therapeutic and diagnostic catheters.
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