Comparison of the efficacy of cooled-tip and 8-mm-tip catheters for radiofrequency catheter ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus: A meta-analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1081-1087

  Da Costa, Antoine ^a,d   Cucherat, Michel ^a   Pichon, Nathalie ^a   Messier, Marc ^b   Laporte, Sylvie ^a   Roméyer Bouchard, Cécile ^a   Mismetti, Patrick ^a   Lopez, Michel ^c   Isaaz, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Centre hospitalier Saint Luc et Saint Joseph   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Cooled tip catheter; Large tip catheter; Meta analysis; Randomized study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33645256938     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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