Pulmonary vein electrophysiology during cryoballoon ablation as a predictor for procedural success
- 19 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Vol. 32 (3) , 205-211
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-011-9585-x
Abstract
Cryoballoon technique is an innovative alternative to radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, with current cryoballoon application techniques, the operator has no access to electrical information for 300 s during the freezing cycle.Keywords
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