title: Response to letter regarding "Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis".
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anselmino
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matta
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Ascenzo
authors.affiliation: Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT.
authors.forename: T Jared
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Bunch
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schilling
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ross J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: Department of Arrhythmology, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pappone
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noelker
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart Centre, Hospital Podlesi as, Třinec, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiala
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiological, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bertaglia
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frontera
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Chrishan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nalliah
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jais
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France.
authors.forename: Rukshen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weerasooriya
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Jon M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kalman
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Fiorenzo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaita
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013599:Systole; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left