Early recovery of pulmonary vein conduction after cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A prospective study

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-449

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Müller Burri, Stephan Andreas ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Capulzini, Lucio ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Chierchia, Sergio ^b   Roos, Markus ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b GVM ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249190133     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun352     Document Type: Article

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