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Incidence of Silent Cerebral Thromboembolic Lesions After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation May Change According to Technology Used: Comparison of Irrigated Radiofrequency, Multipolar Nonirrigated Catheter and Cryoballoon

Fiorenzo Gaïta, Jean Leclercq, Burghard Schumacher, Marco Scaglione, Elisabetta Toso, Franck Halimi, Anja Schade, Steffen Froehner, Volker Ziegler, Domenico Sergi,

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 2011 · 284 citations · 27 references

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The incidence of silent cerebral lesions after PVI is different depending on technologies used: PVAC increases the risk of 1.48 times compared to irrigated RF and cryoballoon ablation.

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