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Electrophysiological findings after thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation using bipolar radiofrequency energy were unknown.
What are the electrophysiological findings and outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with recurrent atrial arrhythmias after bilateral thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation?
What are the electrophysiological findings and outcomes of catheter ablation in patients with recurrent atrial arrhythmias after bilateral thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation?
In patients with recurrent atrial arrhythmias after thoracoscopic ablation, epicardial box lesions are frequently incomplete, and subsequent endocardial catheter ablation is necessary to achieve AF non-inducibility.
Hybrid ablation may complete incomplete epicardial lesions to achieve non-inducibility; leaves open durability and outcomes in larger cohorts.
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