Pulsed field ablation and cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: insights on efficacy, safety and cardiac function.
Manuel RattkaEvangelos MavrakisDimitra VlachopoulouIsabel RudolphChristina KohnJan BohnenLoubna YahsalyJohannes SiebermairReza WakiliChristiane JungenTienush RassafShibu MathewPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2024)
In our study, we show that CBA and PFA for PVI are of similar efficacy when it comes to AF recurrence. However, our findings suggest that PFA rather than CBA might induce left atrial reverse remodeling thereby contributing to left ventricular systolic function.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- radiofrequency ablation
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial appendage
- acute myocardial infarction
- blood pressure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- free survival
- coronary artery disease