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

YORGUN, HİKMET; CANPOLAT, UĞUR; Kocyigit, DUYGU; Coteli, CEM; EVRANOS, BANU; AYTEMİR, KUDRET

doi:10.1093/europace/eux005

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

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YORGUN H., CANPOLAT U., Kocyigit D., Coteli C., EVRANOS B., AYTEMİR K.

EUROPACE, cilt.19, sa.5, ss.758-768, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.1093/europace/eux005
Dergi Adı: EUROPACE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.758-768
Anahtar Kelimeler: Atrial fibrillation, Cryoballoon, Left atrial appendage isolation, CATHETER ABLATION
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aims 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.