A comparative study of pericardial effusion and pleural effusion after cryoballoon ablation or radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Fang-Yi XiaoWei Zhu JuHong Wu ChenWei-Jian HuangMing-Long ChenPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2020)
Both CBA and RFCA were associated with high rates of pericardial and pleural effusion, with RFCA yielding numerically higher incidence and significantly higher effusion extent, and chest CT significantly higher detection rates than echocardiography.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- computed tomography
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- magnetic resonance
- real time pcr
- label free
- dual energy