Increased procedural safety of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation with a double 120 seconds freeze protocol

Recently a double 120 seconds freeze cryoballoon (CB) pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) protocol proved to be non inferior to a double 240 seconds freeze protocol in terms of atrial fibrillation recurrences. We hypothesized that this approach could also result in an increased procedure safety.

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Increased procedural safety of cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation with a double 120 seconds freeze protocol. Bianchini L, Bordignon S, Chen S, Zanchi S, Tohoku S, Bologna F, Tondo C, Schmidt B, Chun KRJ. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jun 21. doi: 10.1111/pace.1429

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