Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Simplicity Is the Answer

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¹ Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: matthew.wright@kcl.ac.uk.

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Matthew Wright. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Jan.

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. 2018 Jan;4(1):109-111.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.11.004. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

¹ Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: matthew.wright@kcl.ac.uk.

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Keywords: CLOSE protocol; atrial fibrillation; contact force; contiguity; lesion depth; lesion prediction; pulmonary vein isolation.

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