Pulmonary vein isolation by visually guided laser balloon ablation: single-center 5-year follow-up results.

Pieter KoopmanThalia BekelaarJoris SchurmansThomas PhlipsDagmara Dilling-BoerJohan Vijgen

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2023)

First-generation VGLB ablation demonstrated high acute isolation rates, reasonable procedure times and low complication rates. Long-term freedom from AF was 78.8% for paroxysmal AF and 65.3% for persistent AF, performing PVI only.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
liver failure
radiofrequency ablation
minimally invasive
drug induced
respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation