Is AF Ablation Cost Effective?
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Is AF Ablation Cost Effective?
The use of catheter ablation to treat AF is increasing rapidly, but there is presently an incomplete understanding of its cost-effectiveness. AF ablation procedures involve significant up-front expenditures, but multiple randomized trials have demonstrated that ablation is more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs at maintaining sinus rhythm in a second-line and possibly first-line rhythm contro...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1941-6911
DOI: 10.4022/jafib.v2i1.575