Catheter cryoablation of supraventricular tachycardia: Results of the multicenter prospective "frosty" trial

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Friedman, Peter L ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^b   Green, Martin S ^c   Jackman, Warren M ^d   Keane, David T J ^e   Marinchak, Roger A ^f   Nazari, Jose ^g   Packer, Douglas L ^h   Skanes, Allan ⁱ   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^j   Stevenson, William G ^a   Tchou, Patrick J ^k   Wilber, David J ^l   Worley, Seth J ^m  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Cardiology Foundation of Lankenau   (United States)

^g ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^j ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^m Lancaster Heart Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; Mapping; Tachycardia; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042857297     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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