Cryoablation with an 8-mm tip catheter for pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia is safe and efficacious with a low incidence of recurrence

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 681-686

  Silver, Eric S ^a   Silva, Jennifer N A ^b   Ceresnak, Scott R ^c   Chiesa, Nancy A ^d   Rhee, Edward K ^e   Dubin, Anne M ^c   Avasarala, Kishor ^d   Van Hare, George F ^b   Collins, Kathryn K ^f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

8 mm cryoablation; AVNRT; Pediatrics; SVT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RECURRENCE RISK; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CRYOSURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953203243     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02706.x     Document Type: Article

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