Successful pulmonary vein isolation using transvenous catheter cryoablation improves quality-of-life in patients with atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-424

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Sin, Pui Yee ^a   Siu, Chung Wah ^a   Tsang, Vella ^a   Lam, Cindy L K ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844457856     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50001.x     Document Type: Article

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