Cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation: state of the art 10 years after its invention.
The present review will discuss the technical aspects of a new patent invented in 1999 which allows cryoballoon ablation, an emerging technology used for the non pharmacological treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A general evaluation of the safety and the reliability of the technique will be given together with an overview on its short and midterm outcome. Finally future directions of the technology and its possible implementation will be briefly treated.
Sorgente
Antonio
A
Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussel-VUB, Brussels, Belgium. sorgente.antonio@gmail.com
Chierchia
Gian Battista
GB
de Asmundis
Carlo
C
Capulzini
Lucio
L
Sarkozy
Andrea
A
Brugada
Pedro
P
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome