Cryo(Balloon) Ablation 4 Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

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¹ Electrophysiology Laboratory, Valley Health System and Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation, Ridgewood, New Jersey. Electronic address: mittsu@valleyhealth.com.

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Suneet Mittal. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Nov.

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. 2018 Nov;4(11):1448-1450.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.08.004. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

¹ Electrophysiology Laboratory, Valley Health System and Snyder Center for Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation, Ridgewood, New Jersey. Electronic address: mittsu@valleyhealth.com.

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Keywords: catheter ablation; cryoballoon; persistent atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation.

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Single-Procedure Outcomes and Quality-of-Life Improvement 12 Months Post-Cryoballoon Ablation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the Multicenter CRYO4PERSISTENT AF Trial.
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