List of works - Rui Providência

'Green light': watch it twice...

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

A meta-analysis of phase III randomized controlled trials with novel oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: comparisons between direct thrombin inhibitors vs. factor Xa inhibitors and different dosing regimens.

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

A nurse-led implantable loop recorder service is safe and cost effective

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

A review on state-of-the-art data regarding safe early discharge following admission for pulmonary embolism: what do we know?

scientific article

Ablation guided by STAR-mapping in addition to pulmonary vein isolation alone is superior to pulmonary vein isolation alone or in combination with CFAE/linear ablation for persistent AF

scientific article published on 26 December 2020

Additional value of associating aortic valve calcification to coronary calcium as a gatekeeper for coronary tomography angiography

scientific article published on July 2015

Adenosine-guided pulmonary vein isolation versus conventional pulmonary vein isolation in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation: An updated meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Adjusting treatment to pulmonary vein rare anatomic variants: a box lesion for the ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with an atypical common inferior trunk

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Atrial Fibrillation and Non-cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review

scientific article

Atrial fibrillation in acute pulmonary embolism: prognostic considerations

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Atrial fibrillation, elevated troponin, ischemic stroke and adverse outcomes: understanding the connection.

scientific article

Authors' reply

scientific article published on 02 April 2015

Automated detection of repetitive focal activations in persistent atrial fibrillation: Validation of a novel detection algorithm and application through panoramic and sequential mapping

scientific article published on 14 October 2018

Can cardiac computed tomography predict cardiovascular events in asymptomatic type-2 diabetics?: results of a long term follow-up

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

Cardiac device infection: Review based in the experience of a single center.

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Cardiac troponin I: prothrombotic risk marker in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 19 February 2012

Cardiovascular disease: thinking beyond atherosclerosis.

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Cardiovascular risk assessment of pulmonary embolism with the GRACE risk score

scientific article published on 17 November 2012

Cardioversion safety in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: which patients can be spared transesophageal echocardiography?

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants: A safe approach

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Real world experience from six European centers

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Cerebrovascular mortality in Portugal: are we overemphasizing hypertension and neglecting atrial fibrillation?

scientific article published on 15 November 2013

Challenging pulmonary embolism - A new generation of oral anticoagulants ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Chronic kidney disease: One step further in the refinement of risk stratification of atrial fibrillation and impact on the choice of anticoagulant

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

Chronic renal disease is associated with stroke and thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation independently from gender

scientific article published in May 2013

Clinical correlates of early repolarization and J wave patterns...are they proarrhythmic on their own?

scientific article published on 17 November 2012

Comparison between radiofrequency with contact force-sensing and second-generation cryoballoon for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: a multicentre European evaluation

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Contact-force guided radiofrequency vs. second-generation balloon cryotherapy for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation-a prospective evaluation

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography: a new prognosticator in acute pulmonary embolism?

scientific article

Dabigatran in the setting of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the road ahead. The authors' reply

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Decreased glomerular filtration rate and markers of left atrial stasis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

Do we need further clinical-effectiveness estimates to support the use of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in New York Heart Association class III patients?

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Does minimally invasive also stand for minimal patient risk? Lessons from an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

scientific article

Does presence of left ventricular contractile reserve improve response to cardiac resynchronization therapy? An updated meta-analysis

scientific article published in February 2018

Dual-site right ventricular pacing in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: Results of a multicenter propensity-matched analysis

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

ECG‐I phenotyping of persistent AF based on driver burden and distribution to predict response to pulmonary vein isolation (PHENOTYPE‐AF)

scientific article published in 2022

Early discharge and outpatient treatment of patients admitted for acute pulmonary embolism

scientific article published on 01 February 2013

Early repolarization and arrhythmia death: does it need a trigger?

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

Early repolarization and sudden cardiac death due to an acute coronary event

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

Early repolarization patterns and the role of additional proarrhythmic triggers ⬇️

scientific article published on December 28, 2012

Evaluation of left atrial deformation to predict left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation - a pilot-study

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Excluding the presence of left atrial thrombus before pulmonary vein isolation: "primum non nocere"!

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Exercise restrictions for patients with inherited cardiac conditions: Current guidelines, challenges and limitations.

scientific article published on 04 February 2016

Fever outperforms flecainide test in the unmasking of type 1 Brugada syndrome electrocardiogram.

scientific article published on 22 June 2012

Fever-induced type 1 Brugada pattern

scientific article published on 3 April 2015

Financial impact of adopting implantable loop recorder diagnostic for unexplained syncope compared with conventional diagnostic pathway in Portugal.

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Fluoroscopy guided axillary vein access versus cephalic vein access in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation: Randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Full blood count as potential predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Headache and cardiovascular disease: old symptoms, new proposals.

scientific article published on September 2010

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: rare cause of pulmonary hypertension?

scientific article published on March 2010

High sensitivity cardiac troponin T and interleukin‐6 predict adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: a rebuttal ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Higher contact-force values associated with better mid-term outcome of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation using the SmartTouch™ catheter

scientific article published on 03 October 2014

Holiday heart syndrome revisited after 34 years.

scientific article

Hypertension in pregnancy: the current state of the art

scientific article

Impact of Free Thyroxine on the Outcomes of Left Atrial Ablation Procedures

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

Impact of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus on the Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (European Observational Multicentre Study)

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Impact of pulmonary vein isolation on mechanisms sustaining persistent atrial fibrillation: Predicting the acute response

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Impending paradoxical embolism with a thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale

scientific article

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the elderly: rationale and specific age-related considerations

scientific article

Importance of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Back-Up in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Importance of Manchester Triage in acute myocardial infarction: impact on prognosis

scientific article published in September 2010

Improving risk stratification in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with combined assessment of GRACE and CRUSADE risk scores

scientific article published on 11 September 2014

Inflammatory biomarkers in atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Interrupted versus uninterrupted novel oral anticoagulant peri-implantation of cardiac device: A single-center randomized prospective pilot trial

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Is There Still a Role for Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram Ablation in Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation? Meta-Analysis of 1415 Patients.

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Is it time to loosen the restrictions on athletes with cardiac disorders competing in sport?

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Is more aggressive prevention of coronary artery disease required for patients with early repolarization syndrome?

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Is there a need for adjusting the results of the recent meta-analysis on the novel oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation to the baseline CHADS2 score? ⬇️

scientific article published on August 23, 2012

LR-PED rule: low risk pulmonary embolism decision rule - a new decision score for low risk pulmonary embolism.

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Left ventricular mass as a discriminator of left atrial appendage thrombus in persistent atrial fibrillation: promise or over-enthusiasm?

scientific article published on 6 November 2012

Letter by Providencia and Lambiase Regarding Article, "Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death"

scientific article published on 01 March 2016

Letter by Providencia et al Regarding Article, “Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke: Does It Still Matter in Patients With a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc Score of 0 or 1?”

scientific article published on 01 April 2013

Manchester triage in acute pulmonary embolism: can it unmask the grand impersonator?

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Mean platelet volume is associated with the presence of left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

scientific article

Meta-analysis of the influence of chronic kidney disease on the risk of thromboembolism among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 06 June 2014

Mitral regurgitation during a myocardial infarction--new predictors and prognostic significance at two years of follow-up

scientific article

Nesidioblastosis: an undescribed cause of transient loss of conscience in young adults

scientific article published on 11 March 2013

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as a mediastinal mass in a 38-year-old patient with superior vena cava syndrome and extreme fatigue owing to left atrium and right ventricle outflow tract compression: the applicability of strain imaging.

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

Non-vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Outcome of Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy According to New York Heart Association Functional Classification.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Outcomes after cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentric propensity-score matched study

scientific article

Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage for prevention of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation for patients with contraindication to or failure of oral anticoagulation: a single-center experience

scientific article

Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage for thromboembolic prevention in atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 23 March 2013

Percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: the Paradoxical Cerebral Embolism Prevention Registry

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Perforation of the right ventricle during cardiac resynchronisation therapy upgrade not related to a coexisting persistent left superior vena cava.

scientific article

Possible refinement of clinical thromboembolism assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation using echocardiographic parameters

scientific article published on 24 August 2011

Post-acute management of the acquired long QT syndrome.

scientific article published on 02 April 2014

Prediction of Nonarrhythmic Mortality in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Patients With Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Predictive role of BNP/NT-proBNP in non-heart failure patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: An updated systematic review

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy in Women-Data From a Multicenter French Registry

scientific article

Pulmonary embolism risk stratification: the intermediate-risk group

scientific article published on 01 December 2013

Pulmonary embolism risk stratification: where are we heading?

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Real-time assessment of bidirectional block during pulmonary vein cryoablation

scientific article published on 04 December 2013

Real-time assessment of pulmonary vein disconnection during cryoablation of atrial fibrillation: can it be 'achieved' in almost all cases?

scientific article

Real-time contact force sensing for pulmonary vein isolation in the setting of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: procedural and 1-year results.

scientific article

Recurrent infection in a late presentation of catecholaminergic polymorphic VT.

scientific article published in January 2013

Risk stratification of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: the possible role of blood cells.

scientific article published on 8 August 2013

Risk stratification of patients with early repolarization…still an unresolved matter!

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Rivaroxaban and dabigatran in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Safety and efficacy of dabigatran versus warfarin in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Same-day discharge following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a safe and cost-effective approach

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Should We Rely on Risk Assessment by the CHADS2 Score in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Direct Current Cardioversion? ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Stroke prediction with an adjusted R-CHA2DS2VASc score in a cohort of patients with a Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 5 August 2013

Structural remodeling and conduction velocity dynamics in the human left atrium: Relationship with reentrant mechanisms sustaining atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Subclavian crush syndrome AND subcutaneous ICD in primary prevention patients

scientific article published on 01 September 2017

The benefit of implantable cardioverter defibrillator programming in MADIT-RIT: more for less?

scientific article published on 12 March 2013

The prevalence of left atrial appendage thrombus and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast is positively correlated with the CHADS2and CHA2DS2-VASc scores

scientific article published on 01 June 2013

The role of echocardiography in thromboembolic risk assessment of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

The use of the chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration equation and global cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 29 March 2013

Thirteen square centimetre mass causing syncope in a patient with device related infective endocarditis.

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Thromboembolic Risk in Atrial Flutter Resembles Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (Insights from Transesophageal Echocardiography) ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Too ill for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator?

scientific article published in August 2013

Transient loss of consciousness in young adults

scientific article published on 20 August 2011

Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Lead Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Troponin rise and poor outcome in patients presenting to the ED with short-duration atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Troponin rise in patients with atrial fibrillation: a marker of adverse prognosis and increased thromboembolic risk

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Universal definition of myocardial infarction: clinical insights

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in athletes: A systematic review

scientific article published on 03 June 2015

Usefulness of a clinical risk score to predict the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Validation of a novel mapping system and utility for mapping complex atrial tachycardias

scientific article

Ventricular tachycardia ablation in structural heart disease: Impact of ablation strategy and non-inducibility as an end-point on long term outcome

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

When to implant an ICD following a myocardial infarction?

scientific article

Which method of left atrium size quantification is the most accurate to recognize thromboembolic risk in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation?

scientific article

[Glomerular filtration rate: which formula should be used in patients with myocardial infarction?]

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

List of works by Rui Providência

'Green light': watch it twice...

A meta-analysis of phase III randomized controlled trials with novel oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: comparisons between direct thrombin inhibitors vs. factor Xa inhibitors and different dosing regimens.

A nurse-led implantable loop recorder service is safe and cost effective

A review on state-of-the-art data regarding safe early discharge following admission for pulmonary embolism: what do we know?

Ablation guided by STAR-mapping in addition to pulmonary vein isolation alone is superior to pulmonary vein isolation alone or in combination with CFAE/linear ablation for persistent AF

Additional value of associating aortic valve calcification to coronary calcium as a gatekeeper for coronary tomography angiography

Adenosine-guided pulmonary vein isolation versus conventional pulmonary vein isolation in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation: An updated meta-analysis.

Adjusting treatment to pulmonary vein rare anatomic variants: a box lesion for the ablation of atrial fibrillation in a patient with an atypical common inferior trunk

Atrial Fibrillation and Non-cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review

Atrial fibrillation in acute pulmonary embolism: prognostic considerations

Atrial fibrillation, elevated troponin, ischemic stroke and adverse outcomes: understanding the connection.

Authors' reply

Automated detection of repetitive focal activations in persistent atrial fibrillation: Validation of a novel detection algorithm and application through panoramic and sequential mapping

Can cardiac computed tomography predict cardiovascular events in asymptomatic type-2 diabetics?: results of a long term follow-up

Cardiac device infection: Review based in the experience of a single center.

Cardiac troponin I: prothrombotic risk marker in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Cardiovascular disease: thinking beyond atherosclerosis.

Cardiovascular risk assessment of pulmonary embolism with the GRACE risk score

Cardioversion safety in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: which patients can be spared transesophageal echocardiography?

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on uninterrupted direct oral anticoagulants: A safe approach

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Real world experience from six European centers

Cerebrovascular mortality in Portugal: are we overemphasizing hypertension and neglecting atrial fibrillation?

Challenging pulmonary embolism - A new generation of oral anticoagulants ⬇️

Chronic kidney disease: One step further in the refinement of risk stratification of atrial fibrillation and impact on the choice of anticoagulant

Chronic renal disease is associated with stroke and thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation independently from gender

Clinical correlates of early repolarization and J wave patterns...are they proarrhythmic on their own?

Comparison between radiofrequency with contact force-sensing and second-generation cryoballoon for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: a multicentre European evaluation

Contact-force guided radiofrequency vs. second-generation balloon cryotherapy for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation-a prospective evaluation

Contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography: a new prognosticator in acute pulmonary embolism?

Dabigatran in the setting of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the road ahead. The authors' reply

Decreased glomerular filtration rate and markers of left atrial stasis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Do we need further clinical-effectiveness estimates to support the use of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in New York Heart Association class III patients?

Does minimally invasive also stand for minimal patient risk? Lessons from an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Does presence of left ventricular contractile reserve improve response to cardiac resynchronization therapy? An updated meta-analysis

Dual-site right ventricular pacing in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: Results of a multicenter propensity-matched analysis

ECG‐I phenotyping of persistent AF based on driver burden and distribution to predict response to pulmonary vein isolation (PHENOTYPE‐AF)

Early discharge and outpatient treatment of patients admitted for acute pulmonary embolism

Early repolarization and arrhythmia death: does it need a trigger?

Early repolarization and sudden cardiac death due to an acute coronary event

Early repolarization patterns and the role of additional proarrhythmic triggers ⬇️

Evaluation of left atrial deformation to predict left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation - a pilot-study

Excluding the presence of left atrial thrombus before pulmonary vein isolation: "primum non nocere"!

Exercise restrictions for patients with inherited cardiac conditions: Current guidelines, challenges and limitations.

Fever outperforms flecainide test in the unmasking of type 1 Brugada syndrome electrocardiogram.

Fever-induced type 1 Brugada pattern

Financial impact of adopting implantable loop recorder diagnostic for unexplained syncope compared with conventional diagnostic pathway in Portugal.

Fluoroscopy guided axillary vein access versus cephalic vein access in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation: Randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety

Full blood count as potential predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

Headache and cardiovascular disease: old symptoms, new proposals.

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: rare cause of pulmonary hypertension?

High sensitivity cardiac troponin T and interleukin‐6 predict adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: a rebuttal ⬇️

Higher contact-force values associated with better mid-term outcome of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation using the SmartTouch™ catheter

Holiday heart syndrome revisited after 34 years.

Hypertension in pregnancy: the current state of the art

Impact of Free Thyroxine on the Outcomes of Left Atrial Ablation Procedures

Impact of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus on the Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (European Observational Multicentre Study)

Impact of pulmonary vein isolation on mechanisms sustaining persistent atrial fibrillation: Predicting the acute response

Impending paradoxical embolism with a thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the elderly: rationale and specific age-related considerations

Importance of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Back-Up in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Importance of Manchester Triage in acute myocardial infarction: impact on prognosis

Improving risk stratification in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with combined assessment of GRACE and CRUSADE risk scores

Inflammatory biomarkers in atrial fibrillation

Interrupted versus uninterrupted novel oral anticoagulant peri-implantation of cardiac device: A single-center randomized prospective pilot trial

Is There Still a Role for Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram Ablation in Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation? Meta-Analysis of 1415 Patients.

Is it time to loosen the restrictions on athletes with cardiac disorders competing in sport?

Is more aggressive prevention of coronary artery disease required for patients with early repolarization syndrome?

Is there a need for adjusting the results of the recent meta-analysis on the novel oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation to the baseline CHADS2 score? ⬇️

LR-PED rule: low risk pulmonary embolism decision rule - a new decision score for low risk pulmonary embolism.

Left ventricular mass as a discriminator of left atrial appendage thrombus in persistent atrial fibrillation: promise or over-enthusiasm?

Letter by Providencia and Lambiase Regarding Article, "Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death"

Letter by Providencia et al Regarding Article, “Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke: Does It Still Matter in Patients With a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc Score of 0 or 1?”

Manchester triage in acute pulmonary embolism: can it unmask the grand impersonator?

Mean platelet volume is associated with the presence of left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Meta-analysis of the influence of chronic kidney disease on the risk of thromboembolism among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Mitral regurgitation during a myocardial infarction--new predictors and prognostic significance at two years of follow-up

Nesidioblastosis: an undescribed cause of transient loss of conscience in young adults

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as a mediastinal mass in a 38-year-old patient with superior vena cava syndrome and extreme fatigue owing to left atrium and right ventricle outflow tract compression: the applicability of strain imaging.

Non-vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation