title: Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: AF Termination is the End Point.
abstract: This article reviews the literature on various techniques in the ablation of persistent AF, with the aim of highlighting the role of intraprocedural arrhythmia termination, defined as conversion to sinus rhythm or intermediate atrial tachycardia, in the predictability of arrhythmia recurrence. Because arrhythmia termination is not observed universally as a procedural end point, only those studies wherein it has been specifically reported, and its predictive role in arrhythmia recurrence is considered, are described.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Haut Leveque and Université Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: Ashok J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Amir S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jadidi
authors.forename: Xingpeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scherr
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pascale
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roten
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wilton
authors.forename: Michala E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Derval
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sacher
authors.forename: Meleze
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocini
authors.forename: Michel
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authors.lastname: Haïssaguerre
authors.forename: Pierre
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authors.lastname: Jais