Does isolation of the left atrial posterior wall using cryoballoon ablation improve clinical outcomes in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation? A prospective randomized controlled trial.
Jinhee AhnDong Geum ShinSang Jin HanHong Euy LimPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
Compared with PVI only, adjunctive PWI achieved exclusively by CBA resulted in better clinical outcomes without increasing complications in patients with PeAF.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- randomized controlled trial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- mitral valve
- study protocol
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- risk factors
- radiofrequency ablation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- systematic review
- venous thromboembolism