Hot or cold? Feasibility, safety, and outcome after radiofrequency-guided versus cryoballoon-guided left atrial appendage isolation.

Shota Tohoku Shaojie Chen Stefano Bordignon Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun Boris Schmidt

Published in: Journal of arrhythmia (2022)

LAAI can be more readily and safely achieved by CB-guided ostial ablation. In patients with confirmed LAAI, however, the freedom from ATa recurrence was higher after RF-guided wide-area isolation.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
radiofrequency ablation
free survival