December 14, 2011New England Journal of Medicine
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Population
59-year-old man with recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation despite antiarrhythmic drugs
Design
Case_report
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports ablation consideration in refractory AF; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
P
Population
59-year-old man with recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation despite antiarrhythmic drugs
I
Intervention
Catheter ablation
Catheter ablation is a viable treatment option for recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs, though repeat procedures may be required.
Cite This Study
Wazni et al. (2011) studied this question.