Role of transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitoring in detecting short-term arrhythmia recurrences after radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation
Gaetano Senatore, MD*,*,
Giuseppe Stabile, MD
,
Emanuele Bertaglia, MD
,
Giovanni Donnici, MD*,
Antonio De Simone, MD
,
Franco Zoppo, MD
,
Pietro Turco, MD
,
Pietro Pascotto, MD
and
Massimo Fazzari, MD*
* Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Cirie' (TO), Cirie', Italy
Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia ed Elettrostimolazione, Casa di Cura San Michele, Maddaloni, Italy
Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Mirano, Mirano, Italy

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Figure 1 Atrial fibrillationfree survival curves using standard electrocardiogram and 24-h Holter monitoring (continuous line) or transtelephonic electrocardiogram (dotted line) to assess the recurrence of atrial fibrillation.
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