Does adjunctive left atrial posterior wall isolation using cryoballoon ablation improve clinical outcomes compared to PVI only in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation?
Adjunctive posterior wall isolation using cryoballoon ablation improves clinical outcomes without increasing complications compared to PVI alone in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
Compared with PVI only, adjunctive PWI achieved exclusively by CBA resulted in better clinical outcomes without increasing complications in patients with PeAF.
Ahn et al. (2022) studied this question.
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