Pericardial effusion in atrial fibrillation ablation: A comparison between cryoballoon and radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Capulzini, Lucio ^a   Droogmans, Steven ^a   Sorgente, Antonio ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Müller Burri, Andreas ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Carlo, De Asmundis ^a   Yazaki, Yoshinao ^a   Kerkhove, Dirk ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Cryoballoon; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOTHERMAL ENERGY BALLOON ABLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749324968     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup422     Document Type: Article

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