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European Heart Journal 2009 30(6):636-637; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp031
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Cryoballoon ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: bigger is better and simpler is better

Marcus L. Koller and Burghard Schumacher*

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Herz- und Gefäß-Klinik GmbH, Salzburger Leite 1, D-97616 Bad Neustadt/Saale, Germany

* Corresponding author. Tel: + 49 9771 66 2602, Fax: + 49 9771 66 2605, Email schumacher@kardiologie-bad-neustadt.de

This editorial refers to ‘The ‘single big cryoballoon’ technique for acute pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective observational single centre study’{dagger}, by K.-R.J. Chun et al., on page 699

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Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the mainstay of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. In an effort to overcome the shortcomings of drawing a continuous line around the pulmonary vein (PV) ostia by point-by-point focal radiofrequency catheter ablation, research in the interventional electrophysiology field currently focuses on developing new energy sources and catheter designs to achieve PVI safer, faster, and with equal efficacy as compared with the conventional radiofrequency approach. In that respect, balloon-based catheter ablation systems are particularly promising because they allow for a ‘single shot’ . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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