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Does left atrial epicardial conduction time reflect atrial fibrosis and the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after thoracoscopic ablation? Post hoc analysis of the AFACT trial

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  • R Wesselink Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Neefs Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • N W E van den Berg Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • E R Meulendijks Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M M Terpstra Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M Kawasaki Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F A Nariswari Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F R Piersma Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • W J P van Boven Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A H G Driessen Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J R de Groot Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to R Wesselink; r.wesselink{at}amsterdamumc.nl; Professor J R de Groot; j.r.degroot{at}amsterdamumc.nl
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Wesselink R, Neefs J, van den Berg NWE, et al
Does left atrial epicardial conduction time reflect atrial fibrosis and the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after thoracoscopic ablation? Post hoc analysis of the AFACT trial

Publication history

  • Received September 6, 2021
  • Accepted February 10, 2022
  • First published March 9, 2022.
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March 09, 2022
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