Clinical assessment of cryoballoon ablation in cases with atrial fibrillation and a left common pulmonary vein.
Takatoshi ShigetaKaoru OkishigeYasuteru YamauchiHideshi AoyagiTomofumi NakamuraMitsumi YamashitaTakuro NishimuraNaruhiko ItoYusuke TsuchiyaMitsutoshi AsanoTsukasa ShimuraHidetoshi SuzukiManabu KurabayashiTakehiko KeidaTetsuo SasanoKenzo HiraoPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
The long-term clinical outcomes of ablation of AF with the CB was worse in patients with an LCPV than in those without. The presence of an LCPV and the LA size seemed to be reliable predictors of a worse outcome.