Predictors of late pulmonary vein reconnection in patients with arrhythmia recurrence after cryoballoon ablation-per vein analysis including cardiac computed tomography-based anatomic factors.
Muryo TerasawaGian-Battista ChierchiaMaysam Al HousariGezim BalaBernard CosynsSteven DroogmansKaoru TanakaDries BelsackJohan De MeyJuan SieiraPedro BrugadaCarlo de AsmundisErwin StrökerPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)
Cardiac CT-based evaluation of anatomic PV characteristics presented higher predictive value compared to clinical and procedural variables for individual LPVR after CB2 ablation. Pre-procedural identification of unfavourable PV anatomy might be important to tailor the ablation approach.