Objectives
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with radiofrequency and cryoballoon are the two standard ablation systems used for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). With starting become widespread in recent years; however it can be applied in very few centers in our country. We aimed to present the baseline characteristics and follow-up data of our study population undergoing radiofrequency and cryoballoon AF ablation.
Methods
A total of 43 patients (87, 8% paroxysmal AF), which patients failed with at least one previous antiarrhythmic drug due to symptomatic AF, underwent PV isolation between April 2013-May 2014 in our center.(15 male, 18 female; mean age 51.2±17.43; range 32 to 63 years) The 60,6% of patients underwent PV isolation with radiofrequency, the other 39,4 % of patients underwent PV isolation with cryoballoon technique (28 mm). Median follow-up time was 6 (2-13) months for procedural success, complications, and follow-up results.
Methods
A total of 43 patients (87, 8% paroxysmal AF), which patients failed with at least one previous antiarrhythmic drug due to symptomatic AF, underwent PV isolation between April 2013-May 2014 in our center.(15 male, 18 female; mean age 51.2±17.43; range 32 to 63 years) The 60,6% of patients underwent PV isolation with radiofrequency, the other 39,4 % of patients underwent PV isolation with cryoballoon technique (28 mm). Median follow-up time was 6 (2-13) months for procedural success, complications, and follow-up results.
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