The durability of pulmonary vein isolation using the visually guided laser balloon catheter: Multicenter results of pulmonary vein remapping studies

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 919-925

  Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^b   Kautzner, Josef ^c   Petru, Jan ^b   Wichterle, Dan ^c   Skoda, Jan ^b   Cihak, Robert ^c   Peichl, Petr ^c   Dello Russo, Antonio ^d,e   Pelargonio, Gemma ^d   Tondo, Claudio ^d,e   Natale, Andrea ^f   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^f Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Endoscopic visualization; Laser; Paroxysmal; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUALLY GUIDED LASER ABLATION CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861333040     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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