Impact of wall thickness on the tissue cooling effect of cryoballoon ablation.
Masaharu MasudaYasuhiro MatsudaHiroyuki UematsuMizuki NishijimaShin OkamotoTakayuki IshiharaKiyonori NantoTakuya TsujimuraYousuke HataToshiaki ManoPublished 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 (2024)
The cooling effect of cryoballoon freezing is weaker in the deeper layers. Cryoballoon ablation should be performed with consideration to myocardial thickness.