Postablation cerebral embolisms in balloon-based atrial fibrillation ablation with periprocedural direct oral anticoagulants: A comparison between cryoballoon and HotBalloon ablation.
Kohki NakamuraTakehito SasakiYutaka TakeYoshinori OkazakiMitsuho InoueHiroyuki MotodaYuko MikiKatsura NiijimaEiji YamashitaKeiko KoyamaNobusada FunabashiShigeto NaitoPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2018)
Both CBA and HBA of AF revealed a similar incidence of postablation cerebral embolisms. Elderly patients may be at a risk of SCILs after a balloon-based PVI with periprocedural DOAC treatment.
Keyphrases
- direct oral anticoagulants
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- venous thromboembolism
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- radiofrequency ablation
- single cell
- cerebral ischemia
- risk factors
- cerebral blood flow
- combination therapy
- acute coronary syndrome