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Editorial

Samer Saouma et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;33(7):1380-1382.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15513. Epub 2022 May 13.

¹ Staten Island University Hospital and Northwell Health System, Staten Island, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; ultralow temperature cryoablation.

Comment on

Initial clinical experience of pulmonary vein isolation using the ultra-low temperature cryoablation catheter for patients with atrial fibrillation.
Tohoku S, Schmidt B, Bordignon S, Chen S, Bologna F, Chun JK. Tohoku S, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Jul;33(7):1371-1379. doi: 10.1111/jce.15519. Epub 2022 May 8. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022. PMID: 35488736

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