Cooling dynamics: a new predictor of long-term efficacy of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia cryoablation.
Mario MattaMatteo AnselminoMarco ScaglioneMarco VitoloFederico FerrarisPaolo Di DonnaDomenico CaponiDavide CastagnoFiorenzo GaitaPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2016)
AVNRT cryoablation is safe and effective. Long-term recurrence rate was 11.7%. An ablation approach directed to the complete elimination of dual AV node physiology, along with assessment of the tissue's cooling dynamics, holds the potential to improve long-term AVNRT cryoablation efficacy.