Postmortem late phase histopathology after pulmonary vein isolation using a cryoballoon: A case report.
atrial fibrillation
cryoballoon
histopathology
pulmonary vein isolation
Journal
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
ISSN: 1540-8159
Titre abrégé: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7803944
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2019
07 2019
Historique:
received:
21
12
2018
revised:
19
02
2019
accepted:
20
02
2019
pubmed:
5
3
2019
medline:
2
7
2020
entrez:
5
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report the autopsy case of 68-year-old woman who received cryoballoon (CB) ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation 7 months before death. Both macroscopic and microscopic findings revealed no thrombus formation around pulmonary veins. Previous experimental studies have shown the lower risk of thrombus formation in CB ablation as compared to radiofrequency ablation. Our findings in the human autopsy case may support this merit of CB ablation. To confirm this benefit of CB ablation, further studies regarding histopathology of CB ablation should be performed.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1066-1068Informations de copyright
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