Lesion distribution after cryoballoon ablation and hotballoon ablation: Late-gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging analysis.

Tomomi AkitaKunihiko KiuchiKoji FukuzawaAkira ShimaneSonoko MatsuyamaMitsuru TakamiJun KuroseHiroyuki OonishiMayumi ShigeruYu-Ichi NagamatsuHideya SuehiroMakoto TakemotoToshihiro NakamuraJun SakaiAtsusuke YatomiShunpei MoriShinsuke ShimoyamaNoriyuki NegiKatsusuke KyotaniKen-Ichi Hirata

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)

The PVI lesions after HBA were characterized by (a) narrower, but (b) more continuous, (c) smaller lesion inside the PV, and (d) irrespective of PV size as compared to that after CBA.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
radiofrequency ablation
catheter ablation
atrial fibrillation
contrast enhanced
computed tomography