Patient characteristics as predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation following cryoballoon ablation.
Aakash A BavishiRachel M KaplanGraham PeighCelso L DiazJayson R BamanAmar TrivediJeremiah WasserlaufMark J ShenPrasongchai SattayaprasertAlexandru B ChicosSusan KimNishant VermaRishi AroraAlbert LinBradley P KnightRod S PassmanPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2019)
In this single-center retrospective study of CBA, we found only LAD > 40 mm and ERAF to be predictors of RAF. We identified OSA as a potential targetable risk factor in PeAF patients undergoing CBA. Out of risk scores tested for discriminating risk of RAF, BASEAF2 had the best performance.