Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Operations: Is It Necessary? Friederike Schlingloff, MD, Martin Oberhoffer, MD, Ines.

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Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Operations: Is It Necessary? Friederike Schlingloff, MD, Martin Oberhoffer, MD, Ines Quasdorff, Peter Wohlmuth, Michael Schmoeckel, MD, Stephan Geidel, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages 1471-1476 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.008 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Rate of responders, defined as atrial fibrillation (AF) burden of 0.5% or less, at the 1-year follow-up assessment. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1471-1476DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.008) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions