Transient atriovenous reconnection induced by adenosine after successful pulmonary vein isolation with the cryothermal energy balloon

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1606-1611

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Yazaki, Yoshinao ^a   Sorgente, Antonio ^a   Capulzini, Lucio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Duytschaever, Matthias ^b   De Ponti, Roberto ^c   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Sint Jans Hospitaal ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Adenosine; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERMAL ENERGY BALLOON ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFUSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; SYMPTOM;

ADENOSINE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71449098892     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup339     Document Type: Article

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