Alexandre Almorad, Alvise Del Monte, Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Luigi Pannone, Robbert Ramak, Ingrid Overeinder, Gezim Bala, Erwin Ströker, Juan Sieira, Aurélie Dubois, Antonio Sorgente, Milad El Haddad, Saverio Iacopino, Serge Boveda, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia
AIMS: Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is the mainstay of single-shot pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). A radiofrequency balloon (RFB) catheter has recently emerged as an alternative. However, these two technologies have not been compared. This study aims to evaluate the freedom from atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATas) at 1 year: procedural characteristics, efficacy, and safety of the novel RFB compared with CB for PVI in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS: This prospective multi-centre study included consecutive patients with symptomatic drug-resistant paroxysmal AF who underwent PVI with RFB or CB between July 2021 and January 2022 from three European centres...
August 2, 2023: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology