Key result
Pulmonary veins serve as important foci for the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation through a combination of reentrant and nonreentrant mechanisms.
Design
Review
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May inform pulmonary vein targeting in AF ablation; leaves open relative mechanistic contributions for prospective study.
This review highlights the critical role of pulmonary vein electrophysiology in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation.
Chen et al. (2005) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Pulmonary veins serve as important foci for the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation through a combination of reentrant and nonreentrant mechanisms.
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