Key result
Cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation is linked to takotsubo cardiomyopathy in persistent AF.
Why the study?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurring after cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation is not well characterized.
Highlights a rare complication of takotsubo cardiomyopathy following cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation.
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Alerts clinicians to rare takotsubo cardiomyopathy after cryoballoon ablation; case report leaves open causality and incidence.
We present a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy characterized as acute transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation, that occurred after cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation procedure.
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Новиков et al. (2022) studied this question. Cryoballoon pulmonary vein ablation was followed by the development of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation.
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