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Figure 2 Short- and Long-Term Procedural Success
Success was defined as (A) pulmonary vein antrum isolation and (B) freedom of any atrial arrhythmias at 6 months. 8MC = 8-mm catheter; OIC-1 = 3.5-mm open irrigation tip catheter using a higher power and higher irrigation flow rate; OIC-2 = 3.5-mm ThermoCool open irrigation tip catheter using a lower power and lower irrigation flow rate; PVAI = pulmonary vein antrum isolation.
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