Should voltage mapping be an integral part of the cryoballoon ablation procedure?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, S905, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, S905, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. ewissner@uic.edu.

Editorial

Dana C Johnson et al. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;66(3):517-518.

doi: 10.1007/s10840-022-01455-y. Epub 2022 Dec 19.

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, S905, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, S905, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. ewissner@uic.edu.

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The absence of real-time pulmonary vein isolation during cryoballoon ablation is associated with atrial fibrillation recurrence and pulmonary vein reconnection : Insights from the Middelheim-PVI Registry 2.
De Greef Y, Sofianos D, Tijskens M, Schwagten B, Wolf M, Buysschaert I, Abugattas JP. De Greef Y, et al. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023 Dec;66(9):2091-2101. doi: 10.1007/s10840-023-01538-4. Epub 2023 Apr 17. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023. PMID: 37067765

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