What Is Better Predictor of Late Recurrence after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kyoungmin.park@samsung.com.

Editorial

Sung Il Im et al. Korean Circ J. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;52(5):379-381.

doi: 10.4070/kcj.2022.0008.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kyoungmin.park@samsung.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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