2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery …

G Hindricks, T Potpara, N Dagres, E Arbelo… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory molecules post-transcriptionally suppressing
mRNA activity. Many miRNAs in various organisms have been cloned but many unknown …

2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

H Calkins, G Hindricks, R Cappato, YH Kim… - Ep …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
AFL atrial flutter AH arterial hypertension ANS autonomic nervous system APD action
potential duration ARREST-AF Aggressive Risk Factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation …

Pulsed field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: PULSED AF pivotal trial

A Verma, DE Haines, LV Boersma, N Sood, A Natale… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Pulsed field ablation uses electrical pulses to cause nonthermal irreversible
electroporation and induce cardiac cell death. Pulsed field ablation may have effectiveness …

Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation assessed by continuous monitoring: a randomized clinical trial

JG Andrade, J Champagne, M Dubuc, MW Deyell… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Advanced generation ablation technologies have been developed to achieve
more effective pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and minimize arrhythmia recurrence after atrial …

Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

KH Kuck, J Brugada, A Fürnkranz… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Current guidelines recommend pulmonary-vein isolation by means of catheter
ablation as treatment for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Radiofrequency …

Results from a multicentre comparison of cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is cryoablation more reproducible?

R Providencia, P Defaye, PD Lambiase, D Pavin… - Ep …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aim Cryoballoon ablation (Cryoballoon) has emerged as a new alternative for the treatment
of symptomatic drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether the results of Cryoballoon are …

Individualized cryoballoon energy pulmonary vein isolation guided by real-time pulmonary vein recordings, the randomized ICE-T trial

KRJ Chun, M Stich, A Fuernkranz, S Bordignon… - Heart rhythm, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The ideal energy dosing remains unclear in second-generation cryoballoon
(CB) pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). We aimed to investigate the effect of an individualized …

Cryoballoon versus radiofrequency catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation: a meta‐analysis

R Cardoso, R Mendirichaga… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cryoballoon vs. Radiofrequency AF Ablation Introduction Radiofrequency (RF) and
cryoballoon (CB) catheter ablation are effective for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in atrial …

Meta-analysis comparing cryoballoon versus radiofrequency as first ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation

F Fortuni, M Casula, A Sanzo, F Angelini… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pulmonary vein isolation is the cornerstone of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Radiofrequency
(RF) represents a standard of care for pulmonary vein isolation, whereas cryoballoon (CB) …

Complications in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in 3,000 consecutive procedures: balloon versus radiofrequency current ablation

KRJ Chun, L Perrotta, S Bordignon, J Khalil… - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify predictors of cardiac tamponade (CT) during
atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using different technologies and strategies. Background: The …