Cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: mid-term outcome evaluated by ECG monitoring with an implantable loop recorder.
Riccardo MajSergio De CegliaElena PiazziMattia PozziElisabetta MontemerloMirko CasiraghiMarianna FiengaSara GressoniGiovanni RovarisPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)
In patients with PAF implanted with an ILR, CB-A results in freedom from any AT/AF recurrence in 65.7% of patients at 12-month follow-up and in 59.3% of patients when evaluated at 2-year. Careful adjudication of all ILR-documented AF episodes is required to avoid misdiagnosis.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- end stage renal disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- radiofrequency ablation
- heart rate variability
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular