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Optimizing ablation duration using dormant conduction to reveal incomplete isolation with the second generation cryoballoon: A randomized controlled trial.

Fehmi KeceMarta de RivaYoshihisa NaruseReza Alizadeh DehnaviAdrianus P WijnmaalenMartin Jan SchalijKatja ZeppenfeldSerge A Trines
Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)
Prolonging ablation duration after time-to-isolation significantly decreased reconnection/DC and repeated procedures, while recurrences and complications rates were similar. In a time-to-isolation approach, an additional ablation of 150 seconds ablation is the most appropriate.
Keyphrases
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • catheter ablation
  • atrial fibrillation
  • risk factors