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Does immediate recurrence of atrial fibrillation following cardioversion predict long-term arrhythmia recurrence in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for drug-refractory AF?
Does immediate recurrence of atrial fibrillation following cardioversion predict long-term arrhythmia recurrence in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for drug-refractory AF?
Immediate recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion during pulmonary vein isolation predicts early (within 5 days) but not late arrhythmia recurrence.
IRAF after cardioversion during PVI signals higher early recurrence risk but not long-term outcomes; leaves open its role in risk stratification.
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Husser et al. (2005) studied this question.
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