A Prospective Randomized Single-Center Study on the Risk of Asymptomatic Cerebral Lesions Comparing Irrigated Radiofrequency Current Ablation with the Cryoballoon and the Laser Balloon

Incidence and Long-Term Follow-Up of Silent Cerebral Lesions After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Remote Robotic Navigation System as Compared With Manual Ablation

(2012) Andreas Rillig et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Microembolism and Catheter Ablation II

(2012) David E. Haines et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

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: 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 (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

(2012) H. Calkins et al.   EUROPACE

Asymptomatic cerebral lesions during pulmonary vein isolation under uninterrupted oral anticoagulation

(2012) Martin Martinek et al.   EUROPACE

Visually Guided Sequential Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Insights into Techniques and Predictors of Acute Success

(2012) BORIS SCHMIDT et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

3 Tesla MRI-Detected Brain Lesions after Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the MACPAF Study

(2012) KARL GEORG HAEUSLER et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Two Versus One Repeat Freeze-Thaw Cycle(s) After Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The ALSTER EXTRA Pilot Study

(2012) KYOUNG RYUL JULIAN CHUN et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Impact of Ablation Catheter Irrigation Design on Silent Cerebral Embolism After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Results from a Pilot Study

(2012) MARCO SCAGLIONE et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Patients Treated with Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Have Long-Term Rates of Death, Stroke, and Dementia Similar to Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) T. JARED BUNCH et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Incidence of Silent Cerebral Thromboembolic Lesions After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation May Change According to Technology Used: Comparison of Irrigated Radiofrequency, Multipolar Nonirrigated Catheter and Cryoballoon

(2011) FIORENZO GAITA et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Incidence of Asymptomatic Intracranial Embolic Events After Pulmonary Vein Isolation

(2011) Claudia Herrera Siklódy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Cause of Silent Thromboembolism?

(2010) Fiorenzo Gaita et al.   CIRCULATION

MEDAFI-Trial (Micro-embolization during ablation of atrial fibrillation): comparison of pulmonary vein isolation using cryoballoon technique vs. radiofrequency energy

(2010) T. Neumann et al.   EUROPACE

Neuropsychological decline after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2010) Niko Schwarz et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Incidence and predictors of silent cerebral embolism during pulmonary vein catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2009) J. W. Schrickel et al.   EUROPACE