Performance of a new cardiac cryoablation system in the treatment of cavotricuspid valve isthmus-dependent atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Daubert, James P ^a   Hoyt, Robert H ^b   John, Roy ^c   Chinitz, Larry ^d   Martin, David T ^c   Fellows, Christopher ^e   Feld, Gregory ^f   Pelkey, William ^g   Sehra, Ruchir ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Virginia Mason Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CryoCor Inc   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 12844282314     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00094.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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