Usefulness of a new radiofrequency thermal balloon catheter for pulmonary vein isolation: A new device for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 609-615

  Satake, Shutaro ^a   Tanaka, Kazushi ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a   Tanaka, Shinji ^a   Sohara, Hiroshi ^a   Hiroe, Yoshitaka ^a   Miyashita, Yusuke ^a   Takahashi, Saeko ^a   Murakami, Masato ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^a  

^a SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Balloon catheter; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency current

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038307096     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02577.x     Document Type: Article

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