Safety of a single bolus administration of heparin without the measurement of activated clotting time during cryoballoon ablation: a prospective randomized controlled trial

[1] Haissaguerre M(1998)Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins N Engl J Med 339 659-666

[2] Jais P(2014)Catheter ablation and antiarrhythmic drug therapy as first- or second-line therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation: systematic review and meta-analysis Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 7 853-860

[3] Shah DC(2017)Uninterrupted dabigatran versus warfarin for ablation in atrial fibrillation N Engl J Med 376 1627-1636

[4] Takahashi A(2018)Apixaban in patients at risk of stroke undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation Eur Heart J 39 2942-2955

[5] Hocini M(2017)2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation Heart Rhythm 14 e275-e444

[6] Quiniou G(2014)Does periprocedural anticoagulation management of atrial fibrillation affect the prevalence of silent thromboembolic lesion detected by diffusion cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in patients undergoing radiofrequency atrial fibrillation ablation with open irrigated catheters? Results from a prospective multicenter study Heart Rhythm 11 791-798

[7] Khan AR(2016)Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation N Engl J Med 374 2235-2245

[8] Khan S(2016)Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: reintervention, rehospitalization, and quality-of-life outcomes in the FIRE AND ICE trial Eur Heart J 37 2858-2865

[9] Sheikh MA(2015)Acute and long-term outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using the second-generation cryoballoon versus open-irrigated radiofrequency: a multicenter experience J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 26 832-839

[10] Khuder S(2015)Comparison between radiofrequency with contact force-sensing and second-generation cryoballoon for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: a multicentre European evaluation Europace 17 718-724

[1] Haissaguerre M(1998)Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins N Engl J Med 339 659-666

[2] Jais P(2014)Catheter ablation and antiarrhythmic drug therapy as first- or second-line therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation: systematic review and meta-analysis Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 7 853-860

[3] Shah DC(2017)Uninterrupted dabigatran versus warfarin for ablation in atrial fibrillation N Engl J Med 376 1627-1636

[4] Takahashi A(2018)Apixaban in patients at risk of stroke undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation Eur Heart J 39 2942-2955

[5] Hocini M(2017)2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation Heart Rhythm 14 e275-e444

[6] Quiniou G(2014)Does periprocedural anticoagulation management of atrial fibrillation affect the prevalence of silent thromboembolic lesion detected by diffusion cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in patients undergoing radiofrequency atrial fibrillation ablation with open irrigated catheters? Results from a prospective multicenter study Heart Rhythm 11 791-798

[7] Khan AR(2016)Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation N Engl J Med 374 2235-2245

[8] Khan S(2016)Cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: reintervention, rehospitalization, and quality-of-life outcomes in the FIRE AND ICE trial Eur Heart J 37 2858-2865

[9] Sheikh MA(2015)Acute and long-term outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using the second-generation cryoballoon versus open-irrigated radiofrequency: a multicenter experience J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 26 832-839

[10] Khuder S(2015)Comparison between radiofrequency with contact force-sensing and second-generation cryoballoon for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: a multicentre European evaluation Europace 17 718-724