PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shuman, Jill
ED  - Verma, Atul
TI  - The Role of Asymptomatic AF on Postablation Outcomes
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 24--24
VI  - 14
IP  - 21
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/21/24.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/21/24.1.full
AB  - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for substantial morbidity, including stroke. While catheter ablation has emerged as an effective treatment for symptomatic AF [Stabile G et al. Eur Heart J 2006], less is known about the incidence of either pre- or postablation asymptomatic AF [Rho RW, Page RL. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2005]. This article discusses results from the Discerning the Incidence of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Episodes of Atrial Fibrillation Before and After Catheter Ablation trial [DISCERN AF; Verma A et al. JAMA Intern Med 2013].