Pulmonary venous isolation by antral ablation with a large cryoballoon for treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: Medium-term outcomes and non-randomised comparison with pulmonary venous isolation by radiofrequency ablation

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1379-1384

  Kojodjojo, Pipin ^a   O'Neill, Mark D ^a   Lim, Phang Boon ^a   Malcolm Lawes, Louisa ^a   Whinnett, Zachary I ^a   Salukhe, Tushar V ^a   Linton, Nicholas W ^a   Lefroy, David ^a   Mason, Anthony ^a   Wright, Ian ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VENOUS ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956111336     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.192419     Document Type: Article

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