Clinical Implications of Various Follow Up Strategies After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Clinical Implications of Various Follow Up Strategies After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation ARASH ARYA, M.D.,* CHRISTOPHER PIORKOWSKI, M.D.,* PHILIPP SOMMER, M.D.,* HANS KOTTKAMP, M.D., PH.D.† and GERHARD HINDRICKS, M.D., PH.D.* From the *Department of Electrophysiology, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany, and †Department of Electrophysiology, Hirslanden Heart Center, Zürich, Switzerland

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