Impact of cryoablation catheter size on success rates in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia in 160 patients with long-term follow-up

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 683-686

  Sandilands, Alistair ^a   Boreham, Philip ^a   Pitts Crick, Jonathan ^a   Cripps, Tim ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal re entry tachycardia; Cryoablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649165958     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun094     Document Type: Article

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