Second-generation cryo-pulmonary vein isolation for persistent atrial fibrillation: Is it really time to think out of the ‘veins’?

2019 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 153-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Ciconte
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Five‐year experience with pulmonary vein isolation using the second‐generation cryoballoon for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1500-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ersan Akkaya ◽  
Alexander Berkowitsch ◽  
Sergej Zaltsberg ◽  
Harald Greiss ◽  
Christian W. Hamm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Common ostium of the left pulmonary veins – to freeze or not to freeze – that was the question?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (45) ◽  
pp. 33-34
Author(s):  
Michał Orczykowski
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Pulmonary Vein ◽  
Pulmonary Vein Isolation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Pulmonary Veins ◽  
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Clinical Results ◽  
Common Pulmonary Vein

Second-generation cryoballoon (CB2) - based pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has demonstrated encouraging clinical results in the treatment of paroxysmal (PAF) and persistent atrial fibrillation (PersAF). Nevertheless, the acute efficacy, safety, and long-term clinical results of CB2-based PVI in patients with a left common pulmonary vein (LCPV) are still a matter of debate. Commented paper by Heeger ChH, et al. analyzes this issue with some practical conclusions.

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