Cryoballoon temperature predicts acute pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-825

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Köster, Ilka ^a   Chun, K R Julian ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Konstantinidou, Melanie ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Balloon; Catheter ablation; Cryothermal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; CRYOBALLOON TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957699817     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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