Modified hockey stick maneuver utilizing a steerable cryoballoon catheter for left inferior pulmonary vein isolation

Modified hockey stick maneuver utilizing a steerable cryoballoon catheter for left inferior pulmonary vein isolation

Abstract Successful cryoballoon pulmonary vein (PV) isolation sometimes requires cryoballoon occlusion techniques including a hockey stick maneuver (HSM) using a steerable sheath, whose steerable segment should be positioned in the left atrium (LA) for left inferior PV (LIPV) occlusion. However, a s...

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Main Authors: Taihei Itoh, Masaomi Kimura, Hirofumi Tomita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
cryoballoon ablation
hockey stick maneuver
left atrium
pulmonary vein isolation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12237

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