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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on September 14, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(22):2819; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn404
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Atrial fibrillation ablation: beyond electro-mechanical matters: reply

Frédéric Sacher

Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Lévêque
Université Bordeaux 2
Avenue de Magellan
33604 Pessac
France
Email: frederic.sacher@chu-bordeaux.fr

Rukshen Weerasooriya

Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Lévêque
Université Bordeaux 2
Avenue de Magellan
33604 Pessac
France

Pierre Jaïs

Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Lévêque
Université Bordeaux 2
Avenue de Magellan
33604 Pessac
France

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We thank Dr Martignani et al. for their interest in our work.1 We totally agree that the drop of ANP level at Day 1 after ablation is probably the consequence of acute atrial damage caused by radiofrequency (RF). An acute atrial endocrine stunning was previously reported with surgical AF ablation.2 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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