Do you think about the FIRM ablation as curative therapy in persistent AF?

25 September 2013 1 4K Report

FIRM ablation is identifying rotors and focal sources that drive atrial fibrillation using a newer mapping system. Rate success is over 80% at about nine months of follow up,

Mariana Floria

FIRM ablation can not be the curative treatment in all patients with persistent AF because not all patients with persistent AF have the same degree of atrial fibrosis and the same pathophysiologicals mechanisms.

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