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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Successful Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation Including Roof Line Ablation Using a Cryoballoon for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus.

Ryo Wada, Masaya Shinohara, Hideki Koike, Rine Nakanishi, Tadashi Fujino, Takanori Ikeda

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ryo WadaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Masaya ShinoharaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Hideki KoikeDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Rine NakanishiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Tadashi FujinoDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Takanori IkedaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryoballoon ablation has been established as an effective method for pulmonary vein isolation and has recently been investigated for its efficacy of substrate modification on the left atrial roof area in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. We herein report the first successful case of left atrial posterior wall isolation including roof line ablation using cryoballoons in a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation, dextrocardia, and situs inversus. Cryoballoon ablation proved to be a safe and straightforward approach to create lasting lesions along the left atrial roof line and left atrial posterior wall, even under challenging anatomical conditions.

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Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationCryosurgeryDextrocardiaHeart AtriaSitus InversusHumansTreatment Outcomeatrial fibrillationcryoballoon ablationdextrocardialeft atrial posterior wall isolationsitus inversus

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PMID38960690
PMCPMC11867748

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