Efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation by cryoballoon ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 802-806

  Klein, Gunnar ^a   Oswald, Hanno ^a   Gardiwal, Ajmal ^a   Lüsebrink, Ulrich ^a   Lissel, Christoph ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649124294     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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