European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on July 2, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(17):2184-2185; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn301
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How to assess the efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: reply
Department of Electrophysiology
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Heart Center
Hamburg
Germany
Department of Electrophysiology
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Heart Center
Hamburg
Germany
Email: d.steven@uke.uni-hamburg.de
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The reliability of rhythm monitoring in order to achieve consistent follow-up data in patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is still not satisfying.
Currently, Holter monitoring is widely used to evaluate the success rates after catheter ablation. Unfortunately, storage capacity of such ECG devices is limited and recording