Preventing atrial fibrillation by combined right isthmus ablation and cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation in patients with typical atrial flutter: PAF-CRIOBLAF study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although less common, typical atrial flutter shares similar pathophysiological roots with atrial fibrillation. Following successful cavo-tricuspid isthmus ablation using radiofrequency, many patients, however, develop atrial fibrillation in the mid-to-long-term. This study sought to assess whether pulmonary vein isolation conducted at the same time as cavo-tricuspid isthmus ablation would significantly modify the atrial fibrillation burden upon follow-up in patients suffering from typical atrial flutter.

Methods

This was a multicenter randomized controlled study involving typical atrial flutter patients with history of non-predominant atrial fibrillation (1 atrial fibrillation episode only, in 67% of population) who were scheduled for cavo-tricuspid isthmus radiof

SUBMITTER: Anselme F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature