Dual balloon size strategy for cryoisolation of the pulmonary veins in patients with atrial fibrillation: Comparison of 23 and 28 mm diameter cryoballoons

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Nadji, Georges ^a   Hermida, Jean Sylvain ^b   Kubala, Mathieu ^b   Quenum, Serge ^b   Mouquet, Vincent ^b   Traullé, Sarah ^b   Leborgne, Laurent ^b   Jarry, Geneviève ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon catheter; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952704716     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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