Over-the-needle trans-septal access using the cryoballoon delivery sheath and dilator in atrial fibrillation ablation.
Erwin StrökerYves De GreefBruno SchwagtenKaspars KupicsHugo Enrique CoutiñoKen TakaradaJuan Pablo AbugattasFrancesca SalghettiJeroen De CockerDirk StockmanJuan SieiraPedro BrugadaGian-Battista ChierchiaCarlo de AsmundisPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)
Our study showed that the CBS-N technique is feasible and safe under echocardiographic guidance. Without sheath exchange, it simplifies the CB2 procedure, is less costly, time sparing, and might reduce the risk of air embolism.