Cryoballoon or Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Kuck, Karl-Heinz; Brugada, Josép; Fürnkranz, Alexander; Metzner, Andreas; Ouyang, Feifan; R. Julian Chun, K.; Elvan, Arif; Arentz, Thomas; Bestehorn, Kurt; Pocock, Stuart; Albenque, Jean-Paul; Tondo, Claudio

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1602014

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Cryoballoon or Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 4, 2016

Authors:

Karl-Heinz Kuck

Josép Brugada

Alexander Fürnkranz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend pulmonary-vein isolation by means of catheter ablation as treatment for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Radiofrequency ablation is the most common method, and cryoballoon ablation is the second most frequently used technology. METHODS: We cond...

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Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Hazard ratio

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