Single freeze strategy with the second- generation cryballoon for atrial fibrillation: a multicenter international retrospective analysis in a large cohort of patients.

Valentina De RegibusSaverio IacopinoJuan Pablo AbugattasHugo Enrique CoutiñoGiacomo MugnaiCesare StortiGiulio ConteAngelo AuricchioDarragh MoranErwin StrökerLuis MarroquinKen TakaradaRajin ChoudhuryCarlo de AsmundisPedro BrugadaGian-Battista Chierchia

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2017)

Single freeze CB-A ablation is effective in treating drug-resistant AF and affords freedom from arrhythmia recurrences in 84.6% of patients during a 14-month follow-up. Persistent AF and recurrence during BP are predictors of arrhythmia recurrences.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
catheter ablation
prognostic factors
heart failure
clinical trial
left atrial
patient reported outcomes
left atrial appendage
percutaneous coronary intervention
left ventricular
patient reported