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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF)
We tested whether a streamlined approach to atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation [Ablation Versus Anti-arrhythmic Therapy for Reducing All Hospital Episodes from Recurrent (AVATAR) protocol of cryo-balloon ablation without electrical mapping and same day discharge] can achieve better symptom control in patients with paroxysmal AF compared to drug therapyWe found the AVATAR streamlined ablation protocol was superior to drug therapy for controlling AF symptoms.Conventional cryoablation was not shown to be superior to the AVATAR protocol.This broadens the scope for delivering AF ablation by simplifying the process and so meets increasing patient demand.