High power, short duration ablation: At least for the right pulmonary vein carina, maybe not so fast

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Gustavo S Guandalini et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;32(5):1229-1231.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15007. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; high power short duration ablation.

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