Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation? Alternating technique for repeat procedures in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Roberto VerlatoPaolo PieragnoliSaverio IacopinoWerner RauheGiulio MolonGiuseppe StabileLuca RebellatoGiuseppe AlloccaGiuseppe ArenaGiovanni RovarisRiccardo SacchiDomenico CatanzaritiPatrizia PepiClaudio TondoPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2020)
Alternation of energy source for repeat ablation was safe and effective, regardless the energy used first. However, patients initially treated with CB PVI undergoing repeat ablation with RF current had less AF recurrence at long-term follow-up as compared with those originally treated by RF ablation receiving a CB repeat ablation.