Adding Non‐Occlusive Cryoballoon Ablation in Case of Ostial‐Level Pulmonary Vein Isolation or Carina Sparing Does Not Improve 1‐Year Outcome After Cryoballoon Ablation (the NOCA‐AF Study)
Ostial-level PVI and carina sparing occurs in a substantial amount of patients treated by CBA. Although NOCA proved effective in extending the lesion size to antral-level PVI or carina ablation, adding NOCA did not improve 1-year clinical outcome.
Authors
- Juan‐Pablo Abugattas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-770X)
- B Schwagten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-3086)
- Yves De Greef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1367-4867)
- Antanas Strazdas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2408-1348)
- Maxime Tijskens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-2543)
- Michael Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-0125)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur (BE)
- ZNA Middelheim Hospital (BE)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (BE)
- Ziekenhuis Rivierenland (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.70011
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00