Oral Communications: Sunday 18 morning – Soffitto Room (08.30h-10.30h)

Soffitto room

? GO BACK TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015

08.30-10.30

Oral Communications

SURGICAL AND HYBRID ABLATION OF AF / SECOND GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF AF

Chairmen: H. Burri / Geneva, Switzerland – TBD

Purse-string PV box isolation: a less invasive modified maze procedure for non-mitral atrial fibrillation
T. Taguchi, K. Imai, M. Watanabe, H. Kodama, K. Katayama, S. Takahashi, T. Kurosaki, T. Sueda / Hiroshima, Japan

Oesophageal injury after convergent procedure for treatment of atrial fibrillation
M. Jan, M. Cviji?, R. Juvan, T.P. Kalin?ek, K. Rupar, B. Geršak / Ljubljana, Slovenia

Comparison of short-term outcome of convergent procedure and catheter ablation for treatment of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
M. Jan, M. Cviji?, K. Rupar, B. Geršak / Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hybrid two-step approach in treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation
S. Kovalev, L. Bokeria, A. Filatov, D. Gryaznov / Voronezh, Russia

Improved procedural efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation using the novel second-generation cryoballoon
M. Maines, D. Catanzariti, C. Angheben, M. Del Greco / Rovereto, Italy

Seven years of cryo-ballon catheter ablation. Follow-up analysis, results, recurrences, complications and side effects in patients treated for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, with a prospective protocol guided by complete bidirectional left atrium-pulmonary veins disconnection after adenosine as main target end point. A single center report.
J.M. Paylos, C. Ferrero, L. Azcona, A. Morales, M.A. Vargas, L. Lacal, C.M. Cilleros, T.G. Delange / Madrid, Spain

Cryo-balloon catheter ablation efficacy restoring and maintaining sinus-rhythm in patients treated for persistent long standing atrial fibrillation after acute complete electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins
J.M. Paylos, C. Ferrero, L. Azcona, A. Morales, M. A. Vargas, L. Lacal, V. Gomez-Tello / Madrid, Spain