Cryoballoon ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs: first-line therapy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Malte KunissNikola PavlovicVedran VelagicJean Sylvain HermidaStewart HealeyGiuseppe ArenaNicolas BadencoChristian MeyerJian ChenSaverio IacopinoFrederic AnselmeDouglas L PackerHeinz-Friedrich PitschnerCarlo de AsmundisStephan WillemsFabio Di PiazzaDaniel BeckerGian-Battista Chierchianull nullPublished 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 (2021)
Cryoballoon CA was superior to AAD therapy, significantly reducing AA recurrence in treatment naive patients with PAF. Additionally, cryoballoon CA was associated with lower symptom recurrence and a similar rate of SAEs compared with AAD therapy.