In cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation there is no correlation between biomarker release indicating myocardial necrosis and cumulative freezing time.

Europace

Department of Cardiology-Medinzinische Klinik II, Klinikum Kassel, Mönchebergstrasse 41-43, Kassel 34125, Germany.

Published: November 2014

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