Deep neuromuscular blockade during radiofrequency catheter ablation under general anesthesia reduces the prevalence of atrial fibrillation recurrence when compared to moderate neuromuscular blockade: A randomized controlled trial

Eun Jung Oh; Jae-Geum Shim; Suyong Jeon; Eun Ah Cho; Sung Hyun Lee; Taeho Jeong; Jin Hee Ahn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302952

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Deep neuromuscular blockade during radiofrequency catheter ablation under general anesthesia reduces the prevalence of atrial fibrillation recurrence when compared to moderate neuromuscular blockade: A randomized controlled trial

Eun Jung Oh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Eun Jung Oh, Jae-Geum Shim

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae-Geum Shim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Eun Jung Oh, Jae-Geum Shim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Suyong Jeon,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Eun Ah Cho,

Roles Formal analysis, Resources

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sung Hyun Lee,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Taeho Jeong,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jin Hee Ahn

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: blatt.ahn@samsung.com

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5861-1328

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Deep neuromuscular blockade during radiofrequency catheter ablation under general anesthesia reduces the prevalence of atrial fibrillation recurrence when compared to moderate neuromuscular blockade: A randomized controlled trial

Eun Jung Oh,
Jae-Geum Shim,
Suyong Jeon,
Eun Ah Cho,
Sung Hyun Lee,
Taeho Jeong,
Jin Hee Ahn

Published: January 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302952

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