HEALTH
PVI Add-Ons Provide Better Control of Persistent AF
The addition of linear ablation plus ethanol infusion to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) improves control of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) better than PVI alone, a multicenter randomized trial shows. With the two add-ons to PVI, “freedom from AF recurrences without anti-arrhythmia drugs was achieved in 70.7% of patients…