Medhat Farwati, Lorenzo Braghieri, Farah A Abdulhai, Marwan Dabbagh, Firas A Alkhalaileh, Arwa Younis, Chadi Tabaja, Amr Farwati, Mustapha Amin, Pasquale Santangeli, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Walid I Saliba, Mohamed Kanj, Thomas D Callahan, Mandeep Bhargava, Bryan Baranowski, John Rickard, Jakub Sroubek, Justin Lee, Patrick J Tchou, Oussama M Wazni, Ayman A Hussein
BACKGROUND: Data are lacking on patient-reported outcomes (PRO) following cryoballoon ablation (CBA) versus radiofrequency ablation (RFA). We sought to evaluate QoL and clinical outcomes of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation only (CRYO-PVI-ONLY) versus RFA with PVI and posterior wall isolation (RF-PVI+PWI) in a large prospective PRO registry. METHODS: Patients who underwent AF ablation (2013-2016) at our institution were enrolled in an automated, prospectively maintained PRO registry...
March 25, 2024: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology: PACE