The Fa(r)st or the spurious - pulmonary vein cycle length: Is it the fuel driving persistent AF, or simply just fumes?

Sandeep Prabhu^{1

2

3}, Louise Segan^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
² Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Editorial

Sandeep Prabhu et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;33(4):651-653.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15406. Epub 2022 Feb 15.

Sandeep Prabhu^{1

2

3}, Louise Segan^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
² Cardiac Electrophysiology Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; atrial substrate; pulmonary vein cycle length.

Comment on

Reproducibility and predictive value of a simple novel method to measure atrial fibrillation cycle length in persistent atrial fibrillation - FARS-AF study.
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