Balloon technologies for pulmonary vein isolation-12-month outcome and comparison of the novel radiofrequency balloon with the cryoballoon in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
Jan-Hendrik van den BruckJonas WörmannArian SultanKarlo FilipovicKatharina SeutheSusanne ErlhöferCornelia BillerSebastian DittrichJan-Hendrik SchipperJakob LükerDaniel StevenPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2024)
The RF-balloon was safe and effective. Compared with the CB, TTI was shorter, but procedure durations and fluoroscopy times were longer. This can be attributed to a learning curve and the initial necessity for separate 3D map preparation. Considering the results with the second-generation RF-balloon, more experience is needed to determine the potential benefits.