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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Ablation Strategies for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Beyond the Pulmonary Veins.

Omar Baqal, Areez Shafqat, Narathorn Kulthamrongsri, Neysa Sanghavi, Shruti K Iyengar, Hema S Vemulapalli, Hicham Z El Masry

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Review 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 2 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

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Omar BaqalDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6090-2028
Areez ShafqatCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1202-7214
Narathorn KulthamrongsriDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9123-7649
Neysa SanghaviSt. George's University School of Medicine, West Indies P.O. Box 7, Grenada.
Shruti K IyengarDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Hema S VemulapalliDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-2942-1031
Hicham Z El MasryDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2470-2862

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in ablative therapies, outcomes remain less favorable for persistent atrial fibrillation often due to presence of non-pulmonary vein triggers and abnormal atrial substrates. This review highlights advances in ablation technologies and notable scientific literature on clinical outcomes associated with pursuing adjunctive ablation targets and substrate modification during persistent atrial fibrillation ablation, while also highlighting notable future directions.

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catheter ablationnon-pulmonary vein triggerspersistent atrial fibrillationposterior wall isolationpulmonary vein isolationsubstrate modification

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PMID39274244
PMCPMC11396655

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