CryoAblation of Atrial Fibrillation: New Technique/ New expectations

CryoAblation of Atrial Fibrillation: New Technique/ New expectations

A 53-year-old gentleman with frequent episodes of idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) who had failed rhythm control with two antiarrhythmic drugs was initially submitted to an ablation procedure during which pulmonary vein (PV) isolation was performed with use of a cryothermic balloon in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hospital chronicles 2014-01, Vol.9 (3), p.209
Hauptverfasser: Manolis, Antonis S, Avramidis, Dimosthenis, Papadimitriou, Prokopis, Poulidakis, Emmanouil, Tzagarakis, John, Kappos, Kostas
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiac arrhythmia
Defibrillators
Medical practices
Medical procedures
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:A 53-year-old gentleman with frequent episodes of idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) who had failed rhythm control with two antiarrhythmic drugs was initially submitted to an ablation procedure during which pulmonary vein (PV) isolation was performed with use of a cryothermic balloon in September 2012. After a 3-month blanking period, he remained free of symptoms for over a year. However, over the last one month he has had frequent arrhythmia recurrences with almost weekly episodes. He returned for a repeat ablation procedure... (excerpt)
ISSN:1790-7306
1792-9172