Lesion Size Index-guided high-power ablation for atrial fibrillation: Opening the therapeutic window

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Editorial

Alan Hanley. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;34(5):1312-1313.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15836. Epub 2023 Feb 5.

¹ Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital-Cardiac Electrophysiology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Keywords: ablation; atrial fibrillation; lesion index.

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