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Continuous procedural monitoring with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TEE<\/jats:styled-content> by a cardiologist and senior sonographer assists the electrophysiologist in performance of the cryoballoon procedure of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AF<\/jats:styled-content>. Previously using intracardiac echocardiography (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ICE<\/jats:styled-content>) we have found <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TEE<\/jats:styled-content> to have better overall procedural imaging, and monitoring for pericardial effusion or thrombus formation. We have found <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TEE<\/jats:styled-content> monitoring to be helpful with positioning for interatrial septal (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IAS<\/jats:styled-content>) puncture, catheter tip avoidance of the left atrial appendage (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LAA<\/jats:styled-content>), and guidance of the balloon catheter into each pulmonary vein (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content>), with proper positioning within each <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> orifice, and documentation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PV<\/jats:styled-content> occlusion for the cryoballoon procedure. Procedural equipment and the cryoballoon protocol used are presented in detail. The role of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TEE<\/jats:styled-content> imaging during the procedure and in preventing potential dangers is illustrated. 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