During a cryoablation procedure, a balloon expands inside a pulmonary vein, freezing tissue with extreme cold, said Dr. Henri Roukoz, director of electrophysiology at the University of Minnesota ...

Hospital length of stay, hospital costs, and opioid use were reduced among patients who underwent cryoablation during lobectomy for lung cancer.

New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective ... in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing pulmonary vein isolation ... Treatment with the Type 2 diabetes medication ...

Cryoablation and radiofrequency (RF) ablation can cause damage to non-targeted tissues, such as the pulmonary vein, esophagus and phenic nerve. As a result, PFA has emerged as an appealing alternative ...

Unlike conventional radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation for atrial fibrillation ... to induce cardiac cell death to isolate the pulmonary veins. This is supposed to be safer, since the ...