Cryoablation of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Daubert, James P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING DISORDER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84855605103     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9603-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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