The Practice of Catheter Cryoablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias

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Chapter 4: Catheter Cryoablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
• 4.1. Treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia by catheter cryoablation

Chapter 5: Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation
• 5.1. Double Arctic Circler simultaneously controlled by two consoles
• 5.2. Treatment of permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia by catheter cryoablation
• 5.3. Freezing of the left atrial appendage in order to ablate the otherwise intractable ridge
• 5.4. Combination of proven occlusion and withdrawal of Achieve catheter
• 5.5. Polar icecap inside of the right upper pulmonary vein properly occluded by a 23 mm balloon
• 5.6. Phrenic nerve pacing (superior vena cava) – upside-down technique of phrenic nerve pacing
• 5.7. Frozen lung tissue – selective angiogram of left upper pulmonary vein
• 5.8. Frozen lung tissue – occlusion of left upper pulmonary vein
• Case 5.2. Discrepancy between the movement of the right diaphragm with pacing and inability to move with arbitrary breathing.

Chapter 6: Prevention of Phrenic Nerve Palsy during Cryoballoon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
• 6.1. Identifying the pulmonary vein ostium during contrast injection

Chapter 7: Linear Isthmus Ablation for Atrial Flutter: Catheter Cryoablation v. Radiofrequency
• 7.1. Pulmonary vein isolation by catheter cryoablation

Chapter 8: Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Accessory Pathways
• 8.1. Treatment of atrial flutter by catheter cryoablation

Chapter 10: Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Miscellaneous Arrhythmias
• 10.1. Atrioventricular nodal ablation by catheter cryoablation

Online Cases
• Case 5.2. Pulmonary vein tachycardia