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Does catheter ablation improve freedom from arrhythmia in patients with arrhythmia recurrence following concomitant surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation?
Observational (n=92)
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Does catheter ablation improve freedom from arrhythmia in patients with arrhythmia recurrence following concomitant surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation?
Catheter ablation is an effective treatment for arrhythmia recurrence in patients who previously underwent concomitant surgical ablation (MAZE) during cardiac surgery, achieving 73% freedom from arrhythmia at 12 months.
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Janotka et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Arrhythmia recurrence following concomitant surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation (n=92). Catheter ablation was evaluated on Freedom from recurrent atrial fibrillation or atrial tachycardia at 12 months.
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