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In recent years, increasing surgical experience in high-volume centers, greater consistency in surgical technique, and the support of sophisticated electromedical navigation tools have increased the success treatment of atrial fibrillation ablation to 80% after the first procedure and to > 90% after the second procedure. Moreover, these results are associated with a progressive decrease in the incidence of complications. According to the data in Table 1, taken from a study published in 2003–2004 [1], major complications associated with the ablation of all pulmonary veins outside the tubular segment occurred in 2.9% of cases, as reported by the six leading centers that have adopted this approach. This compares favorably with the 5.9% reported in a worldwide survey of such procedures performed between 1995 and 2002 [2].
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de Martino, G., Rodio, G., Mancusi, C., De Vivo, S. (2007). Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: How To Prevent Them. In: Gulizia, M.M. (eds) Current News in Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0636-2_9
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