Published January 1, 2016 | Version v1
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Myocardial injury during radiofrequency and cryoablation of typical atrial flutter

  • 1. Karolinska Inst, Karolinska Univ Hosp, All Dept Cardiol, Stockholm, Sweden

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Purpose Cardiac enzyme elevation after radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of atrial flutter (AFL) is common. Some studies found that cryoablation (CRYO) of AFL, compared to RF, is associated with higher levels of troponin, a finding that may indicate CRYO causes a greater amount of myocardial injury than RF. However, other investigations found no significant differences between troponin levels after CRYO versus RF. We have in a randomized study compared the post-procedural troponin I levels in RF and CRYO and the possible relation to procedural outcome and complications.

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