<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinall, Maria</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nademanee, Koonlawee</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Challenge and Strategy of Therapy in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013-06-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30-33</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Among other topics, this article discusses showing that catheter ablation guided by complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) is a viable alternative treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) in the elderly, and reviewed some of these ablation strategies with a focus on 3D automated CFAE-guided right atrium ablation. The article also presents results from a prospective randomized study that assessed the comparative efficacy of a stepwise ablation approach and a simplified approach consisting of two circumferential pulmonary vein antrum isolations and three linear atrial ablations in patients with persistent AF.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume></record></records></xml>