Significant reduction of radiation exposure in cryoballoon-based pulmonary vein isolation
- Reissmann, Bruno
- Maurer, Tilman
- Wohlmuth, Peter
- Krüger, Matthias
- Heeger, Christian
- Lemes, Christine
- Fink, Thomas
- Riedl, Johannes
- Santoro, Francesco
- Mathew, Shibu
- Sohns, Christian
- Kuck, Karl-Heinz
- Ouyang, Feifan
- Metzner, Andreas
Publication date
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
1099-5129 Citation count (estimate)
3Abstract
Procedure times and left atrial dwell times of cryoballoon (CB)-based ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF) are shorter as compared to radiofrequency ablation, yet fluoroscopy times are longer and result in a higher radiation exposure. The objective of this study is to evaluate a modified fluoroscopy protocol aiming at reduction of radiation exposure in CB ablation
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