Left atrial appendage isolation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: one-year clinical outcome after cryoballoon-based ablation | Zendy

Hikmet Yorgun | Zendy; Uğur Canpolat | Zendy; Duygu Koçyiğit | Zendy; Cem Çöteli | Zendy; Banu Evranos | Zendy; Kudret Aytemir | Zendy

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Left atrial appendage isolation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation in persistent atrial fibrillation: one-year clinical outcome after cryoballoon-based ablation

Author(s) -

Hikmet Yorgun,

Uğur Canpolat,

Duygu Koçyiğit,

Cem Çöteli,

Banu Evranos,

Kudret Aytemir

Publication year - 2017

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/eux005

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , catheter ablation , thrombus , ablation , propensity score matching , retrospective cohort study , atrial appendage , surgery , sinus rhythm

In this study, we sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cryoballoon (CB) based empirical left atrial appendage (LAA) isolation as an adjunct to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) compared to the PVI-only strategy in patients with persistent AF.

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