Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using the fourth-generation Cryoballoon Arctic Front Advance PRO

Abstract

The cryoballoon (CB) is a popular ablation technology used for pulmonary vein isolation. The fourth-generation CB, Arctic Front Advance PRO features a 40% shorter distal tip but retains the internal design from its second-generation predecessor. The Arctic Front Advance PRO and the second-generation CB demonstrated similar thermodynamic characteristics in a computational model. Several observational and retrospective studies established the acute safety and efficacy of the Arctic Front Advance PRO. Real-time electrical isolation was observed in 75–85% of pulmonary veins targeted with the Arctic Front Advance PRO resulting in shorter fluoroscopy and procedure times.

Keywords:

• Arctic Front Advance PRO
• atrial fibrillation
• catheter ablation
• cryoballoon
• fourth-generation cryoballoon
• pulmonary vein isolation

Financial & competing interests disclosure

E Wissner has received consulting fees from Medtronic and Cardiofocus. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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