1. Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 835-846 (June 2010)
Outcomes of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: A systematic review 
Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Martin K. Stiles, MBChB, PhD, Julien Laborderie, MD, Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, Pawel Kuklik, PhD, Nicholas J. Shipp, PhD, Li-Fern Hsu, MBBS, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD 
Heart Rhythm 
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages (June 2010)
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2. Figure 1
Search criteria and flow diagram of the literature excluded from the original retrieved abstracts and full-text articles. AF = atrial fibrillation; AVNRT = atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; HOCM = hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
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3. Figure 2
Single-procedure, drug-free clinical success associated with ablation approaches for persistent/long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation assessed in four randomized controlled trials. CFAE = complex fractionated electrogram ablation; LA = left atrial; LIN = conventional linear ablation; PVA = pulmonary vein antrum ablation; PVAI = pulmonary vein antrum isolation; RA = right atrial.
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4. Figure 3
Clinical success of various ablation techniques for persistent/long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. Rates are shown for single-procedure, drug-free success (white), multiple-procedure success (diagonal cross hatch), and antiarrhythmic drug (AAD)–assisted success (dark double hatch). Error bars represent ±1 SD; bars are absent when estimate is based on one study. BOX = posterior wall isolation; CFAE = complex fractionated electrogram ablation; LIN = conventional linear ablation; PVA = pulmonary vein antrum ablation; PVAI = pulmonary vein antrum isolation; PVI = pulmonary vein isolation; STEPWISE = stepwise ablation technique.
Heart Rhythm 2010 7, DOI: ( /j.hrthm )
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