Efficacy and safety of pulmonary veins isolation by cryoablation for the treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-795

  Defaye, Pascal ^a   Kane, Adama ^a   Chaib, Ali ^a   Jacon, Peggy ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon catheter; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATROPINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957931944     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur036     Document Type: Article

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