Gastric hypomotility after second-generation cryoballoon ablation—unrecognized silent nerve injury after cryoballoon ablation

S Miyazaki, H Nakamura, H Taniguchi, H Hachiya… - Heart Rhythm, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Few data are available on gastric hypomotility (GH) after cryoballoon
pulmonary vein isolation. Also, the use of esophageal temperature monitoring for the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure

S Ichijo, S Miyazaki, S Kusa, H Nakamura… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Heart failure (HF) promotes atrial fibrillation (AF) and AF worsens HF. This study
aimed to investigate the long-term clinical outcomes after AF ablation in patients with HF …

Management of cardiac tamponade in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: single-centre 15 year experience on 5222 procedures

R Hamaya, S Miyazaki, H Taniguchi, S Kusa… - Ep …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Cardiac tamponade during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is infrequent but potentially
fatal. This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the incidence, management, and …

Anatomic parameters predicting procedural difficulty and balloon temperature predicting successful applications in individual pulmonary veins during 28-mm second …

T Kajiyama, S Miyazaki, J Matsuda, T Watanabe… - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to identify anatomic parameters predicting procedural difficulty
in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and in-procedural predictors of successful …

Silent cerebral events/lesions after second-generation cryoballoon ablation: how can we reduce the risk of silent strokes?

S Miyazaki, T Kajiyama, K Yamao, M Hada… - Heart Rhythm, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is associated with a substantial risk of silent
cerebral events/lesions (SCEs/SCLs) detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Thromboembolic risks of the procedural process in second-generation cryoballoon ablation procedures: analysis from real-time transcranial Doppler monitoring

S Miyazaki, T Watanabe, T Kajiyama… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Atrial fibrillation ablation is associated with substantial risks of silent cerebral
events (SCEs) or silent cerebral lesions. We investigated which procedural processes …

Characteristics of phrenic nerve injury during pulmonary vein isolation using a 28‐mm second‐generation cryoballoon and short freeze strategy

S Miyazaki, T Kajiyama, T Watanabe… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The reported incidence of phrenic nerve injury (PNI) varies owing to different
definitions, balloon generations, balloon size, freezing regimen, and protective maneuvers …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of atrial high-rate episodes on the risk of future stroke

M Nakano, Y Kondo, M Nakano, T Kajiyama… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of arrhythmia. The definition of
AF in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is not clear, and the …

Estimation of the origin of ventricular outflow tract arrhythmia using synthesized right-sided chest leads

M Nakano, M Ueda, M Ishimura, T Kajiyama… - Europace, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims For successful ablation of ventricular outflow tract arrhythmia, estimation of its origin
prior to the procedure can be useful. Morphology and lead placement in the right thoracic …

Predictors of durable pulmonary vein isolation after second-generation cryoballoon ablation with a single short freeze strategy—different criteria for the best freeze of …

S Miyazaki, T Kajiyama, T Watanabe… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Parameters predicting the second-generation cryoballoon pulmonary vein
isolation (CB-PVI) durability of each individual PV have not been investigated. Objective We …