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Cigarette smoking causes a worse long-term outcome in persistent atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation.

Wen-Han ChengLi-Wei LoYenn-Jiang LinShih-Lin ChangYu Feng HuYuan HungFa-Po ChungTing-Yung ChangTing-Chung HuangShinya YamadaSimon SalimAbigail Louise D TeJo-Nan LiaoTa-Chuan TuanTze Fan ChaoTsung-Ying TsaiShin-Huei LiuShih-Ann Chen
Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Smoking increases the incidence of NPV triggers in patients with persistent AF. Smokers who have RA-NPV triggers during index procedure do have a worse outcome after catheter ablation, indicating the harmful effects of nicotine to right atrium.
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