The lesion characteristics assessed by LGE-MRI after the cryoballoon ablation and conventional radiofrequency ablation.

Jun KuroseKunihiko KiuchiKoji FukuzawaShumpei MoriHirotoshi IchiboriHiroki KonishiYayoi TaniguchiKiyohiro HyogoHiroshi ImadaHideya SuehiroYu-Ichi NagamatsuTomomi AkitaMakoto TakemotoKen-Ichi HirataShinsuke ShimoyamaYoshiaki WatanabeTatsuya NishiiNoriyuki NegiKatsusuke Kyotani

Published in: Journal of arrhythmia (2018)

The PVI lesions after CB ablation were characterized by extremely wider and more continuous lesions than those after RF ablation.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
atrial fibrillation