Identifying the prognostic significance of early arrhythmia recurrence during the blanking period: a pursuit to rediscover the past

Europace. 2023 Aug 2;25(9):euad229. doi: 10.1093/europace/euad229.

Sanghamitra Mohanty¹, Moussa Mansour², Andrea Natale^{1

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¹ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, 3000 N. I-35, Suite 720, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
² Department of Electrophysiology, Harvard Medical School, 90 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
³ Interventional Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, 3000 N. I-35, Suite 720, San Diego, CA 78705, USA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 3000 N. I-35, Suite 720, Cleveland, OH 78705, USA.

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Keywords: AF ablation; Blanking period; DECAAF II; Early recurrence; Late recurrence.