Can We STOP AF With Cryoballoon Ablation?

The authors included, against their study protocol (patients with >2 episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation , without structural heart disease, for whom at least 1 AAD failed). Are these PAF patients with high AF-burden (2)? 21 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 1 patient without...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013-10, Vol.62 (14), p.1305-1306
Main Authors: Wójcik, Maciej, MD, Berkowitsch, Alexander, PhD, Neumann, Thomas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use
Atrial Fibrillation - surgery
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Catheter Ablation - methods
Cryosurgery - methods
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Patients
Pulmonary Veins - surgery
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Summary:The authors included, against their study protocol (patients with >2 episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation , without structural heart disease, for whom at least 1 AAD failed). Are these PAF patients with high AF-burden (2)? 21 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 1 patient without previous AAD failure; 82 patients were enrolled for AAD treatment.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.097