Cryoablation versus radiofrequency ablation for treatment of pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Initial experience with 4-mm cryocatheter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-570

  Collins, Kathryn K ^a   Dubin, Anne M ^b   Chiesa, Nancy A ^a   Avasarala, Kishor ^a,c   Van Hare, George F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Children; Cryoablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645962471     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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