Balloon cryoablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1251-1252

  Weerasooriya, Rukshen ^a,b   Jais, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Sacher, Frederic ^a   Haissaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BALLOON CRYOABLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS;

EID: 55249114877     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun284     Document Type: Editorial

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