What is it about?

the article is a comment on a manuscript dealing with different form of non-pharmacologic therapy of atrial fibrillation. In particular, it deals with the role of surgical Ablation to understand better what type of Treatment is best for difficult Groups of patients with this arrhythmia.

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Why is it important?

it is a discussion of the current state of Ablation and the diffculties encountered when dealing with patients with persistent forms of this arrhythmia.

Perspectives

surgical Ablation offers the opportunity to better understand what type of Ablation is necessary when treating patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.

Christoph Geller
Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Arrhythmia Section, Division of Cardiology

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This page is a summary of: Ablation of atrial fibrillation: surgery may show the way, EP Europace, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux309.
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