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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

Early versus Late Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: Timing Matters.

Ahmad A A Farghaly, Hussam Ali, Pierpaolo Lupo, Sara Foresti, Guido De Ambroggi, Salah Atta, Ahmed Abdel-Galeel, Aly Tohamy, Riccardo Cappato

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Impact of catheter ablation timing according to duration of atrial fibrillation history on arrhythmia recurrences and clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  4. Early versus late atrial fibrillation recurrence after pulsed field ablation: insights from the admIRE trial.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ahmad A A FarghalyArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3914-4434
Hussam AliArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3469-1028
Pierpaolo LupoArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.
Sara ForestiArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.
Guido De AmbroggiArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.
Salah AttaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Assiut University Heart Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.
Ahmed Abdel-GaleelDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Assiut University Heart Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3712-5424
Aly TohamyDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Assiut University Heart Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2369-6007
Riccardo CappatoArrhythmia & Electrophysiology Center, IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto San Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0615-9525

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AF progressionatrial arrhythmia recurrenceatrial fibrillationcardiovascular hospitalizationsdiagnosis-to-ablation timeradiofrequency catheter ablation

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PMID39200784
PMCPMC11354874

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