Joerelle Mojica, Felicia Lipartiti, Maysam Al Housari, Gezim Bala, Shuichiro Kazawa, Vincenzo Miraglia, Cinzia Monaco, Ingrid Overeinder, Antanas Strazdas, Robbert Ramak, Gaetano Paparella, Juan Sieira, Lucio Capulzini, Antonio Sorgente, Erwin Stroker, Pedro Brugada, Carlo De Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia
BACKGROUND: The novel Polarx™ cryoablation system is currently being studied for atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. To the best of our knowledge, no study comparing the novel cryoablation system with the standard Arctic Front™ cryoballoon is available in today's literature. This study aims to compare Polarx™ and Arctic Front™ cryoballoon in terms of safety and efficacy. METHODS: From a total cohort of 202 patients who underwent pulmonary vein (PV) isolation for paroxysmal AF through cryoablation, a population of 30 patients who used Polarx™ were compared with 30 propensity-score matched patients who used Arctic Front™...
June 2021: Journal of Atrial Fibrillation