Rethinking appropriate blanking period after atrial fibrillation ablation.
Naoaki OnishiAkihira SuenagaAkinori YoshidaTakayasu KobayashiShokan KyoMaki OiNobuya HigashitaniFumiko NakazekiNaofumi OyamadaToshikazu JinnaiKazuaki KaitaniPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2024)
ER was strongly associated with LR, especially in patients with the last episode of ER more than 30 days after CA. This was pronounced in cases after the second CA, when PVI appeared to be completed. With the current improvement in PVI durability, BP may be acceptable for 30 days.