Varnavas Varnavas, Muryo Terasawa, Juan Sieira, Juan Pablo Abugattas, Erwin Ströker, Gaetano Paparella, Saverio Iacopino, Riccardo Maj, Thiago Guimarães Osorio, Yves De Greef, Gezim Bala, Ingrid Overeinder, Pedro Brugada, Carlo de Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia
AIMS: The main cause of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation is pulmonary vein reconnection. The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyse the electophysiological findings in patients undergoing repeat procedures after an index cryoballoon ablation (CB-A) and presenting with permanency of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in all veins. In addition, we sought to compare the latter with a similar group of patients with reconnected veins at the redo procedure. METHODS: A total of 132 patients (81 men, 60...
July 17, 2020: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine