ReviewClinical cardiology2017
Cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation: a practical and effective approach.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cryoballoon Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis.Current cardiology reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.Clinical cardiology · 2018Pooled it
- Transseptal Access to the Left Atrium: Tips and Tricks to Keep it Safe Derived from Single Operator Experience and Review of the Literature.Current cardiology reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Feasibility study of cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation with KODEX-EPD: a single center experience.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Current Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation Prevention and Management: Taming the Commonest Cardiac Arrhythmia.Current vascular pharmacology · 2025Review
- Blood pressure variability as a risk factor of recurrent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- [Technical principles of ablation therapy].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2024Article
- A pilot clinical assessment of biphasic asymmetric pulsed field ablation catheter for pulmonary vein isolation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- A nomogram based on CHADSJournal of cardiac surgery · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Direct Comparison of Second-Generation Cryoballoon Ablation and Contact Force-Sensing Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- An unusual case of orthopnea.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2017Article
- Cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation: a practical and effective approach.Clinical cardiology · 2017Review
- Ablation of atrial fibrillation: single-shot techniques poised to dominate rhythm control strategies/the future is here.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- Pulmonary vein reconnection following cryo-ablation: Mind the "Gap" in the carinae and the left atrial appendage ridge.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Medical management of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia in the general population, has had modest efficacy in controlling symptoms and restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm. Since the seminal observation in 1998 that pulmonary veins host the triggers of AF in the majority of cases, electrical isolation of all pulmonary veins constitutes the cornerstone of ablation in patients with symptomatic AF. However, due to the elaborate and tedious technique of the conventional point-by-point method with radiofrequency ablation guided by electroanatomical mapping, newer, more versatile single-shot techniques, such as cryoballoon ablation, have been sought and developed over recent years and are progressively prevailing. Cryoballoon ablation appears to be the most promising practical and effective approach, and we review it here by presenting all available relevant data from the literature as well as from our own experience in an attempt to apprise colleagues of the significant progress made over the last several years in this important field of electrophysiology.
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