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Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation With the Cryoballoon Technique: Results From a Prospective 3-Center Study

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Pulmonary vein isolation with a new cryoballoon technique is feasible and sinus rhythm can be maintained in the majority of patients with PAF by circumferential PVI using a cryoablation system.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2008-07-22 and is currently open access. It has received 448 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Catheter ablation & Cryoablation.

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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

Hugh Calkins, +60 more
- 01 Apr 2012 - 
TL;DR: This 2012 Consensus Statement is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the field of catheter and surgical ablation of AF and to report the findings of a Task Force, convened by the Heart Rhythm Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society and charged with defining the indications, techniques, and outcomes of this procedure.
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2017 HRS / EHRA / ECAS / APHRS / SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

Hugh Calkins, +60 more
- 01 Oct 2017 - 
TL;DR: This 2017 Consensus Statement is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the field of catheter and surgical ablation of AF and to report the findings of a writing group, convened by these five international societies.
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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design

Hugh Calkins, +48 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS), was published in this paper.
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Cryoballoon ablation of pulmonary veins for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: first results of the North American Arctic Front (STOP AF) pivotal trial.

TL;DR: The STOP AF trial demonstrated that cryoballoon ablation is a safe and effective alternative to antiarrhythmic medication for the treatment of patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF, for whom at least one antiarrHythmic drug has failed, with risks within accepted standards for ablation therapy.
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2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

Hugh Calkins, +46 more
TL;DR: This is a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).
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Updated worldwide survey on the methods, efficacy, and safety of catheter ablation for human atrial fibrillation

TL;DR: When analyzed in a large number of electrophysiology laboratories worldwide, catheter ablation of AF shows to be effective in ≈80% of patients after 1.3 procedures per patient, with ≈70% of them not requiring further antiarrhythmic drugs during intermediate follow-up.
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Atrio-esophageal fistula as a complication of percutaneous transcatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

TL;DR: Atrio-esophageal fistulas can occur after catheter ablation in the posterior wall of the left atrium after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation, and this diagnosis should be excluded in any patient with symptoms or signs of endocarditis after left atrial ablation.
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