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Kristel Wauters
Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Publications - 25
Citations - 1004
Kristel Wauters is an academic researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brugada syndrome & Atrial fibrillation. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 25 publications receiving 908 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristel Wauters include Université libre de Bruxelles.
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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in Brugada syndrome: a 20-year single-center experience.
Giulio Conte,Juan Sieira,Giuseppe Ciconte,Carlo de Asmundis,Gian-Battista Chierchia,Giannis Baltogiannis,Giacomo Di Giovanni,Mark La Meir,Francis Wellens,Jens Czapla,Kristel Wauters,Moises Levinstein,Yukio Saitoh,Ghazala Irfan,Justo Juliá,Gudrun Pappaert,Pedro Brugada +16 more
TL;DR: ICD therapy was an effective strategy in Brugada syndrome, treating potentially lethal arrhythmias in 17% of patients during long-term follow-up, and risk stratification by electrophysiologic study may identify asymptomatic patients at risk for arrhythmic events and could be helpful in investigating syncope not related to VAs.
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Phrenic nerve paralysis during cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: a comparison between the first- and second-generation balloon
Ruben Casado-Arroyo,Gian-Battista Chierchia,Giulio Conte,Moises Levinstein,Juan Sieira,Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero,Giacomo Di Giovanni,Yannis Baltogiannis,Kristel Wauters,Carlo de Asmundis,Andrea Sarkozy,Pedro Brugada +11 more
TL;DR: More refined phrenic nerve monitoring during right-sided pulmonary vein ablation and less vigorous wedging maneuvers in the pulmonary vein ostia might significantly reduce the occurrence of right PNP with the second-generation cryoballoon ablation Arctic Front Advance.
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Prognostic value of programmed electrical stimulation in Brugada syndrome: 20 years experience.
Juan Sieira,Giulio Conte,Giuseppe Ciconte,Carlo de Asmundis,Gian-Battista Chierchia,Giannis Baltogiannis,Giacomo Di Giovanni,Yukio Saitoh,Ghazala Irfan,Ruben Casado-Arroyo,Justo Juliá,Mark La Meir,Francis Wellens,Kristel Wauters,Sophie Van Malderen,Gudrun Pappaert,Pedro Brugada +16 more
TL;DR: Programmed ventricular stimulation of the heart is a good predictor of outcome in individuals with Brugada syndrome and might be of special value to guide further management when performed in asymptomatic individuals.
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On the Quest for the Best Freeze: Predictors of Late Pulmonary Vein Reconnections After Second-Generation Cryoballoon Ablation.
Giuseppe Ciconte,Giacomo Mugnai,Juan Sieira,Vedran Velagić,Yukio Saitoh,Ghazala Irfan,Burak Hünük,Erwin Ströker,Giulio Conte,Giacomo Di Giovanni,Giannis Baltogiannis,Kristel Wauters,Pedro Brugada,Carlo de Asmundis,Gian-Battista Chierchia +14 more
TL;DR: The rate of late PV reconnection after second-generation cryoballoon ablation is low (1.25 PVs/patient), and faster time to isolation and achievement of −40°C within 60 s independently predict durable PVI.
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Comparison of Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Cryoballoon Versus Conventional Radiofrequency for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Giacomo Mugnai,Gian-Battista Chierchia,Carlo de Asmundis,Juan Sieira-Moret,Giulio Conte,Lucio Capulzini,Kristel Wauters,Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero,Giacomo Di Giovanni,Giannis Baltogiannis,Giuseppe Ciconte,Yukio Saitoh,Justo Juliá,Pedro Brugada +13 more
TL;DR: On a medium-term follow-up, conventional point-by-point RF ablation and CB ablation showed similar success rates and procedural times were significantly shorter in the CB approach.