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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

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01-01-2014 | EDITOR’S FORUM

The “battle” against paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is there a role for left atrial mechanical dyssynchrony evaluated by speckle tracking?

Authors: Luigi Di Biase, Pasquale Santangeli, J. David Burkhardt, Andrea Natale

Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | Issue 1/2014

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Although several studies have shown that in patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF), pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) alone is sufficient to achieve freedom from AF [1, 2], in some patients, success rate is not satisfactory even after multiple procedure [3]. …

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Elayi, C. S., Di Biase, L., Bai, R., Burkhardt, J. D., Mohanty, P., Santangeli, P., Sanchez, J., Hongo, R., Gallinghouse, G. J., Horton, R., Bailey, S., Beheiry, S., & Natale, A. (2013). Administration of isoproterenol and adenosine to guide supplemental ablation after pulmonary vein antrum isolation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 24(11), 1199–206. doi:10.1111/jce.12252.

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Loghin et al. (2013) in press (this editorial is attached to this paper JICE2414R1).

Title: The “battle” against paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is there a role for left atrial mechanical dyssynchrony evaluated by speckle tracking?
Authors: Luigi Di Biase
Pasquale Santangeli
J. David Burkhardt
Andrea Natale
Publication date: 01-01-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1383-875X
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8595
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-013-9856-9

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