Open AccessLesion formation after pulmonary vein isolation using the advance cryoballoon and the standard cryoballoon: lessons learned from late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Philipp Halbfaß,
Marcel Mitlacher,
Oliver Turschner,
Johannes Brachmann,
Christian Mahnkopf
Publication year - 2015
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/euu260
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , ablation , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , atrial fibrillation , catheter ablation , nuclear medicine , radiology , cardiology , surgery
To compare ablation lesion formation after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using the standard cryoballoon (CB-S) vs. the re-designed cryoballoon Arctic Front Advance (CB-A) using late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (LGE-MRI) 3 months post-ablation.
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