Hot balloon vs. cryoballoon ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation:   lesion area, efficacy, and safety
Yuji Wakamatsu, MD*, Shiro Nakahara, MD, PhD†, Koichi Nagashima, MD, PhD*,
Reiko Fukuda, MD, PhD†, Naoki Nishiyama, MD, PhD†, Ryuta Watanabe, MD*, Masaru Arai, MD*, Naoto Otsuka, MD*, Sayaka Kurokawa, MD, PhD*, Hirotsugu Sato, MD†, Tetsuya Ishikawa, MD, PhD†, Yuichi Hori, MD, PhD†, Yasuo Okumura, MD, PhD*, Isao Taguchi, MD, PhD†.
*Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
†Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Koshigaya, Japan
Correspondence to Shiro Nakahara, MD, PhD; Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center,
2-1-50 Minami Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555, Japan
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E-mail:nshiro@dokkyomed.ac.jp
The study was supported by departmental resources only, and the authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
Short title: Hotballoon vs. Cryoballoon Ablation for persistent AF