Hot balloon versus cryoballoon ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: Lesion area, efficacy, and safety.

Yuji Wakamatsu Shiro Nakahara Koichi NagashimaReiko FukudaNaoki NishiyamaRyuta WatanabeMasaru AraiNaoto OtsukaSayaka KurokawaHirotsugu SatoTetsuya IshikawaYuichi HoriYasuo OkumuraIsao Taguchi

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)

Despite the difference in protocols, HBA and CBA performed for PerAF appear comparable in terms of wide antral lesion creation, clinical efficacy, and safety. Further prospective studies, based on a unified methodology, are needed.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
left atrial appendage
left atrial
radiofrequency ablation
oral anticoagulants
direct oral anticoagulants
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
case control
acute coronary syndrome