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Figure 1 Left atrial (LA) circumferential ablation. Shown is the posteroanterior projection of the LA. Ablation lines encircle the left- and right-sided pulmonary veins (PV), and there are additional ablation lines in the posterior LA and along the mitral isthmus. LI = left inferior; LS = left superior; RI = right inferior; RS = right superior.