Comparison of cool tip versus 8-mm tip catheter in achieving electrical isolation of pulmonary veins for long-term control of atrial fibrillation: A prospective randomized pilot study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1074-1079

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Lin, David ^a   Russo, Andrea M ^a   Verdino, Ralph J ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Kimmel, Stephen E ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Hsia, Henry H ^a   Nayak, Hemal M ^a   Zado, Erica ^a   Ren, Jian Fang ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TELECARDIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748749155     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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