Abstract

Due to the toxicities and limited efficacy of medical therapy, nonpharmacologic strategies for the management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure are often employed. This chapter describes the techniques, clinical indications, and the devices utilized to perform catheter-based ablation of atrial fibrillation, including pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial substrate ablation.

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