Pulmonary vein isolation with the radiofrequency balloon catheter: a single centre prospective study.
Alvise Del MonteAlexandre AlmoradLuigi PannoneDomenico Giovanni Della RoccaAntonio BisignaniCinzia MonacoSahar MouramRobbert RamakAnaïs GautheyIngrid OvereinderGezim BalaAntonio SorgenteErwin StrökerJuan SieiraPedro BrugadaMark La MeirGian Battista ChierchiaCarlos De AsmundisPublished 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 (2023)
In a large cohort of patients undergoing PVI with the RFB, the complication rate was 1%. At a mid-term follow-up of 10.1 ± 5.3 months, freedom from ATas was 82.9%. Specific cut-offs of impedance drop and temperature rise may be useful to predict persistent single-shot isolation.