Does applying ICE make the pain better?

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Editorial

Reginald T Ho. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;33(9):2048-2049.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15601. Epub 2022 Jun 23.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: ablation; atrial fibrillation; intracardiac echocardiography.

Comment on

Differences in outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation with versus without intracardiac echocardiography.
Pimentel RC, Rahai N, Maccioni S, Khanna R. Pimentel RC, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Sep;33(9):2015-2047. doi: 10.1111/jce.15599. Epub 2022 Jul 23. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022. PMID: 35711034 Free PMC article.

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