TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Moustafa Abdelsamad AU - Hesham Elaassar , AU - Motaz Elhalag , AU - Rania Elhosseiny , TI - Segmental vs. circumferential ablation of pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation / PY - 2018/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Moustafa Abdelsamad , KW - Circumferential KW - Paroxysmal KW - Segmental N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the cornerstone of catheter ablation techniques for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), with significantly improved efficacy compared to antiarrhythmic drugs as shown in CABANA trial. However, the question arises in which PAF patients whether the procedure can be limited to PVs only showing potentials (segmental), or it is really necessary to isolate all PV (circumferential) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -