Fast anatomical mapping of the carina and its implications for acute pulmonary vein isolation

High‐Power, Short‐Duration Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Compared to a Conventional Approach: Outcomes and Reconnection Patterns

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Differences between gap‐related persistent conduction and carina‐related persistent conduction during radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation

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Cryoballoon Ablation as Initial Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation

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Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Medication on Quality of Life in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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Incidence and pattern of conduction gaps after pulmonary vein isolation with the endoscopic ablation system

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Pulmonary vein isolation using ablation index vs. CLOSE protocol with a surround flow ablation catheter

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A relation between ablation area and outcome of ablation using 28-mm cryoballon ablation: Importance of carina region

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Epicardial connection between the right-sided pulmonary venous carina and the right atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation: A possible mechanism for preclusion of pulmonary vein isolation without carina ablation

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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: results from the first European Snapshot Survey on Procedural Routines for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (ESS-PRAFA) Part II

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The incidence and clinical significance of non-isolation of the pulmonary vein carina after encircling ipsilateral pulmonary veins isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a pitfall of the double-Lasso technique

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Radiofrequency Ablation as Initial Therapy in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

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The distance between the vein and lesions predicts the requirement of carina ablation in circumferential pulmonary vein isolation

(2011) Y.-J. Lin et al.   EUROPACE

Morphological evidence of muscular connections between contiguous pulmonary venous orifices: Relevance of the interpulmonary isthmus for catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation

(2009) José Angel Cabrera et al.   HEART RHYTHM

The Important Role of Pulmonary Vein Carina Ablation as an Adjunct to Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation

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Localization of Atrial Fibrillation Triggers in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation

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