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Shorten the blanking period after atrial fibrillation ablation, experts say - EurekAlert
New evidence-based research calls into question the conventional three-month blanking period immediately after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, when early occurrences of AF are thought not to predict long-term AF recurrence. Two articles and an accompanying editorial in <em>Heart Rhythm</em>, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society, published by Elsevier, address the controversy and recommend shortening the blanking period.
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