FIRE AND ICE trial results: cryoballoon ablation is non-inferior to radiofrequency ablation

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Karl-Heinz Kuck, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany, speaks at ACC 2016 about the FIRE AND ICE trial results which have shown that cryoballoon ablation is non-inferior to radiofrequency ablation in treating patients with drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, with no significant overall safety difference between the two methods.