Treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia by cryoablation with a 6 mm-tip catheter vs. radiofrequency ablation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1065-1070

  Chan, Ngai Yin ^a   Mok, Ngai Shing ^a   Lau, Chun Leung ^a   Lo, Ying Keung ^a   Choy, Chi Chung ^a   Lau, Suet Ting ^a   Choi, Yuen Choi ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular nodal re entrant tachycardia; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649124318     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup121     Document Type: Article

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