Impact of the third generation cryoballoon on atrial fibrillation ablation: An useful tool?

Background: Third-generation cryoballoon (CB3) is characterized by a 40% shorter distal tip designed to increase the rate of pulmonary veins real-time signal recording in order to measure time necessary to isolate veins, the "Time to effect" (TTE). Few data are currently available on clinical follow up of CB3 treated patients.

Methods: Sixtyeight consecutive patients (mean age 57.

Very late recurrence of Takotsubo syndrome.

Recurrence of the Takotsubo syndrome is possible, and in the majority of cases it occurs within 4 years. The present report is focused on a case of the Takotsubo syndrome recurrence after 10 years. The patient had been admitted for the first time in 1999 with a diagnosis of "non-q wave acute anterolateral myocardial infarction.