Publications by authors named "Cristiano Salvatore Zaccaria"
Background: The clinical impact of smoking on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrences after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) have contradictory results in previous studies, performed on Asian populations.
Methods And Aim: Smoking habit and other cardiovascular risk-factors were assessed in patients who underwent their first radiofrequency PVI for symptomatic AF. The study aims to assess the clinical impact of smoking on AF recurrences after PVI in a contemporary European cohort of patients.