Feasibility of the radiofrequency hot balloon catheter for isolation of the posterior left atrium and pulmonary veins for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Sohara, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Oda, Toshiyuki ^a   Satake, Shutaro ^a  

^a Hayama Heart Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Balloon catheter; Catheter ablation; Posterior left atrium; Radiofrequency current

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; COOLING; ENDOCARDIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349437458     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.817205     Document Type: Article

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