Cryoballoon ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: 5-year outcome after single procedure and predictors of success

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Rhythm Monitoring Strategies for the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence

(2012) Efstratios I. Charitos et al.   CIRCULATION

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

Isolating the pulmonary veins as first-line therapy in patients with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation using the Cryoballoon

(2011) M. Namdar et al.   EUROPACE

Atrial fibrillation

(2011) Gregory YH Lip et al.   LANCET

Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Feifan Ouyang et al.   CIRCULATION

Improvements in Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs

(2010) Matthew R. Reynolds et al.  

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

Pulmonary venous isolation by antral ablation with a large cryoballoon for treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: medium-term outcomes and non-randomised comparison with pulmonary venous isolation by radiofrequency ablation

(2010) P. Kojodjojo et al.   HEART

Comparison of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy and Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) David J. Wilber et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

State-of-the-art and emerging technologies for atrial fibrillation ablation

(2010) Jane Dewire et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Therapy with Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers after Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Who Is a Responder?

(2010) ALEXANDER BERKOWITSCH et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation With Antiarrhythmic Drugs or Radiofrequency Ablation

(2009) Hugh Calkins et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Pulmonary Vein Isolation for the Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Jonathan P. Piccini et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Does catheter ablation cure atrial fibrillation? Single-procedure outcome of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation ablation: a 6-year multicentre experience

(2009) E. Bertaglia et al.   EUROPACE

Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial FibrillationA Systematic Review

(2008) Amit Noheria   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Pierre Jaïs et al.   CIRCULATION

Long-Term Clinical Results of 2 Different Ablation Strategies in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Fiorenzo Gaita et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

One year follow-up after cryoballoon isolation of the pulmonary veins in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2008) Y. Van Belle et al.   EUROPACE

Early Recurrences After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Prognostic Value and Effect of Early Reablation

(2008) NICOLAS LELLOUCHE et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Long-Term Outcome Following Successful Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Pattern and Prediction of Very Late Recurrence

(2008) ARTI N. SHAH et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials Comparing Radiofrequency Ablation with Antiarrhythmic Medications in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) GIRISH M. NAIR et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Pulmonary vein isolation using segmental versus electroanatomical circumferential ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2008) Martin Fiala et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation With the Cryoballoon Technique

(2008) Thomas Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY