Balloon catheter ablation to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: What is the level of pulmonary venous isolation?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Reddy, Vivek Y ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^b   d'Avila, Andre ^a   Laragy, Margaret ^a   Malchano, Zachary J ^a   Kralovec, Stepan ^b   Kim, Steven J ^c   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Balloon catheter; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Focused ultrasound; Laser

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LUNG VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649105652     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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