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The Impact of Left Atrial Surface Area and the Second Generation Cryoballoon on Clinical Outcome of Atrial Fibrillation Cryoablation

Alexander Berkowitsch, Maciej Wójcik, Sergej Zaltsberg, Dimitri Pajitnev, Nikolas Deubner, Ersan Akkaya, Norbert Güttler, Christian W. Hamm, Thomas Neumann, Malte Kuniss

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology · 2015 · 20 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Comparing one-year outcomes, the CBA is superior to the CB with regards to maintenance of normal sinus rhythm. When using the CBA catheter, an enlarged LA is associated with a higher recurrence of arrhythmia.

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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

Hugh Calkins, Karl Heinz Kuck, Riccardo Cappato et al. · EP Europace · 2012 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Hakan Oral, Bradley P. Knight, Hiroshi Tada et al. · Circulation · 2002 · 1.1K citations

Radiofrequency Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs as First-line Treatment of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation

Oussama M. Wazni, Nassir F. Marrouche, David O. Martin et al. · JAMA · 2005 · 1.1K citations

Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

B Cauchemez, Laurent Macle, Emile G. Daoud et al. · Circulation · 2008 · 881 citations · Full text

A Randomized Trial of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Carlo Pappone, Giuseppe Augello, Simone Sala et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2006 · 670 citations

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