Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Through a Permanent Inferior Vena Cava Filter
Ippei Saito1, Yuichiro Sagawa1, Atsuhito Oda1
1Department of Cardiology Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital Yokohama Kanagawa Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|July 14, 2025
Abstract
None:
Ablation using a cryoballoon can minimize the number of sheaths passing through a permanent inferior vena cava filter (pIVCF). Cryoballoon ablation with only a few sheaths can be safely and efficiently performed via the usual femoral vein approach in patients with atrial fibrillation and pIVCF.
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