ArticlePacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE2022
Feasibility and safety of left atrial posterior wall isolation with a new Cryoballoon technology in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
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- Comparative efficacy and safety of POLARx versus Arctic front advance pro cryoballoon systems for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Pulsed field ablation for pulmonary vein and left atrial posterior wall isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Cryoballoon Ablation of the Left Common Pulmonary Vein Using a Size-Adjustable Cryoballoon: A Comparative Study.Journal of arrhythmia · 2025Article
- Thermal and Non-Thermal Energies for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Novel vs established cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- 2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Posterior wall isolation via a multi-electrode radiofrequency balloon catheter: feasibility, technical considerations, endoscopic findings and comparison with cryoballoon technologies.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Coronary artery disease in atrial fibrillation ablation: impact on arrhythmic outcomes.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation: long-term outcomes from a single-centre 10-year experience.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Feasibility and safety of left atrial posterior wall isolation with a new Cryoballoon technology in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 2022Article
- Ultra-high-resolution assessment of lesion extension after cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundLeft atrial posterior wall isolation (LAPWI) is often performed in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in the setting of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of a new cryoballoon ablation system in achieving PVI + LAPWI isolation.
methodsThe study was a prospective, non-randomized, single center study. Forty consecutive patients, undergoing PVI + LAPWI with the novel POLARx™, were compared to 40 consecutive patients who underwent the same procedure with the established Arctic Front Advance PRO™.
resultsAcute isolation was achieved in all PVs in both groups and left posterior wall isolation (LAPWI) was achieved in 38 patients (95%) in the POLARx group and in 36 patients (90%) in Arctic Front group. Procedural outcomes were similar between both groups, except for lower temperatures during cryoenergy in the POLARx group, for both pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and LAPWI.
conclusionLAPWI + PVI with the novel POLARx™ Cryoballoon is feasible and safe; the results are comparable with the Arctic Front Advance PRO™ system.
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