Pressure-guided cryoballoon isolation of the pulmonary veins for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  SiklÓdy, Claudia Herrera ^a   Minners, Jan ^a   Allgeier, Martin ^a   Allgeier, Hans Jürgen ^a   Jander, Nikolaus ^a   Keyl, Cornelius ^b   Weber, Reinhold ^a   Schiebeling RÖmer, Jochen ^a   Kalusche, Dietrich ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Electrophysiology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoballoon; Invasive pressure measurement; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VEIN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CATHETERIZATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CATHETERIZATION; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75749096313     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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