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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2022

Incidence of Long-Term Pulmonary Vein Reconnection after a 2-Minute Cryoballoon Freeze for Pulmonary Vein Isolation-Invasive Insights of TTI-Dependent Cryoenergy Titration.

Alexander Pott, Michael Baumhardt, Mohammad Al-Masalmeh, Alexander Wolf, Matthias Schiele, Christiane Schweizer, Carlo Bothner, Deniz Aktolga, Yannick Teumer, Karolina Weinmann and 2 more

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Pulsed field or cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation-insights from acute and chronic electroanatomic remapping in the randomized SINGLE-SHOT CHAMPION trial.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 · 2026
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander PottDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Michael BaumhardtDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Mohammad Al-MasalmehDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Alexander WolfDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Matthias SchieleDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Christiane SchweizerDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Carlo BothnerDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Deniz AktolgaDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Yannick TeumerDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Karolina WeinmannDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Wolfgang RottbauerDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Tillman DahmeDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
Universität Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe optimal freeze duration in cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is unknown. TTI-based titration of cryoenergy allows individualized freeze duration and has emerged as a favorable ablation strategy in PV cryoablation. In a recent study, we demonstrated that omission of a bonus freeze and reduction in freeze duration to a minimum of 2 min in the case of short TTI led to comparable arrhythmia recurrence rates. Whereas clinical outcome seems to be comparable to fixed freeze duration, evidence of long-term PV reconnection rates in patients undergoing TTI-based cryoballoon ablation is sparse. AIM OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the procedural efficacy of a single 2-min freeze for PVI, we assessed PV conduction recovery after cryoballoon PVI with a TTI-guided titration of freeze duration compared to a fixed ablation protocol. METHODS AND

resultsWe included consecutive patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence undergoing a second ablation procedure after the initial cryoballoon procedure. The second AF ablation procedure was performed by the 3D-mapping system and radiofrequency ablation technique. A total of 219 patients (age: 66.2 ± 10.8 years, 53% female, paroxysmal AF: 53%) treated with the TTI-guided protocol (174 patients, 685 PV) or fixed protocol (45 patients, 179 PV) showed comparable total reconnection rates (TTI: 36.9% vs. fixed: 31.8%,

conclusionsoverall reconnection rate was not different using a TTI-guided ablation protocol compared to a fixed ablation protocol, whereas the LIPV reconnection rate was significantly lower in patients treated with a fixed ablation protocol.

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atrial fibrillationcryoballoon PVIfreeze durationPV reconnectiontime-to-isolation

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PMID36135429
PMCPMC9505807
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