Open AccessLeft atrial posterior wall isolation in conjunction with pulmonary vein isolation using cryoballoon for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation (PIVoTAL): study rationale and design
Author(s) -
Arash Aryana,
Deep Pujara,
Shelley L. Allen,
James H. Baker,
Martin Espinosa,
Éric Buch,
Uma N Srivatsa,
Ethan R. Ellis,
Kevin J. Makati,
Marcin Kowalski,
Sung Lee,
Thomas M. Tadros,
Tina Baykaner,
Amin AlAhmad,
Vivek Y. Reddy,
Luigi Di Biase,
Kaoru Okishige,
Andrea Natale
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1572-8595
pISSN - 1383-875X
DOI - 10.1007/s10840-020-00885-w
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial , catheter ablation
There is growing evidence in support of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with concomitant posterior wall isolation (PWI) for the treatment of patients with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation (persAF). However, there is limited data on the safety and efficacy of this approach using the cryoballoon.