Do Not Forget the Mechanisms and Ablation Techniques of Atrial Fibrillation Beyond the Pulmonary Veins.

The article comments on the mechanism and ablation techniques of atrial fibrillation (AF). Researchers found that the persistent atrial fibrillation patients had a higher incidence of non-pulmonary veins triggers compared with the paroxysmal AF patients. AF is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and might also be the most complex arrhythmia.