Cryoablation versus radiofrequency ablation for treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Cryoablation with 6-mm-tip catheters is still less effective than radiofrequency ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-343

  Opel, Aaisha ^a   Murray, Sam ^a   Kamath, Nikhil ^a   Dhinoja, Mehul ^a   Abrams, Dominic ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Schilling, Richard ^a   Earley, Mark ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT); Complications; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CRYOABLATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949107106     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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