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Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common supraventricular arrhythmia, [1] is also one of the few remaining challenges for curative catheter ablation techniques. Though AF can be cured by extensive surgical atriotomies placed to interrupt all potential re-entry circuits without interfering grossly with conduction of a sinus impulse, these procedures have attendant limitations.
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Haïssaguerre, M. et al. (1998). Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 1997. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2288-1_11
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