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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 2;25(9):euad259.
doi: 10.1093/europace/euad259.

Pulmonary vein isolation with composite index tagging: are we making ablation simpler or simple?

Fengwei Zou  1 , Luigi Di Biase  1
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Editorial

Pulmonary vein isolation with composite index tagging: are we making ablation simpler or simple?

Fengwei Zou et al. Europace. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: L.D.B. is a consultant for Stereotaxis, Biosense Webster, I-Rhythm and Boston Scientific, and Abbott Medical and has received speaker honoraria/travel from Medtronic, Atricure, Biotronik, Baylis Medical, and Zoll. F.Z. reports no conflict of interest.

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