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

Creative Commons License

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

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

  • 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
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • 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.