1. Volume 7, Issue 12, Pages 1761-1767 (December 2010)
Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation 
Niko Schwarz, PhD, Malte Kuniss, MD, Max Nedelmann, MD, Manfred Kaps, MD, Georg Bachmann, MD, Thomas Neumann, MD, Heinz-Friedrich Pitschner, MD, Tibo Gerriets, MD 
Heart Rhythm 
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2. Figure 1
Territorial stroke after catheter ablation. A: DWI: ischemic infarct in the region of the left artery cerebral media. B: MR angiography: left middle cerebral artery occlusion.
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3. Figure 2
DWI: two patients displayed small and clinically silent ischemic lesions (A: subcortical; B: cortical), detected 2 days after the ablation procedure.
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4. Figure 3
Verbal memory functioning before and 3 months after the ablation (mean z-scores). The ablation group (blue continuous line) deteriorates, whereas the control group (red dashed line) improves owing to practice effects.
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