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The electrophysiological study (EPS) is a diagnostic procedure to study characteristics of heart excitability and conduction properties. It is essential to understand the origin and mechanism of arrhythmias; sometimes it is performed before the catheter ablation, enabling the understanding of critical elements that sustained the arrhythmia itself and that will be the target of radiofrequency lesions.
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Bisceglia, C., Boccadamo, V. (2012). The Intracardiac Electrophysiological Study. In: Fioranelli, M., Frajese, G. (eds) Sports Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2775-6_12
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