Complex fractionated atrial electrograms: is this the beast to tame in atrial fibrillation?

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Omer Berenfeld et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Aug.

. 2011 Aug;4(4):426-8.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964841.

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Differences in repeating patterns of complex fractionated left atrial electrograms in longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation as compared with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Ciaccio EJ, Biviano AB, Whang W, Vest JA, Gambhir A, Einstein AJ, Garan H. Ciaccio EJ, et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Aug;4(4):470-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960153. Epub 2011 May 2. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011. PMID: 21536597 Free PMC article.

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