RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Zarifyan, Alla
T1 SMAN-PAF and HeartLight Trials Investigate Various PVI Methods
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2015
FD SAGE Publications
VO 15
IS 12
SP 6
OP 7
DO 10.1177/1559897715593730
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/12/6.abstract
AB The SMAN-PAF trial reveals that linear ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation does not decrease the rate of atrial fibrillation recurrence, while the HeartLight study demonstrates noninferiority of efficacy and safety with pulmonary vein isolation using visually guided laser balloon catheter when compared with irrigated radiofrequency ablation.