Open AccessEntrapment and fracture of a 'lasso-like' ACHIEVE catheter in a pulmonary vein branch during isolation by balloon cryoablation
Author(s) -
Nader Wansa,
G. Paparella,
Lipika Roy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eut352
Subject(s) - medicine , cryoablation , pulmonary vein , isolation (microbiology) , atrial fibrillation , balloon , paroxysmal atrial fibrillation , catheter , radiology , catheter ablation , surgery , ablation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
A 37-year-old male suffering from recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation was referred for pulmonary vein (PV) isolation. Pulmonary vein isolation was attempted using a cryoablation approach (Arctic Front Advance® cryoballoon and ACHIEVE Mapping …
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