Balloon catheters for pulmonary vein isolation

Herz

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 580-584

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, Kyoung Ryul Julian ^b   Metzner, Andreas ^b   Ouyang, Feifan ^b   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Balloon catheters; Cryothermal energy; High intensity focused ultrasound; Phrenic nerve palsy; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 58449113023     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-008-3176-3     Document Type: Review

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