Pulmonary vein isolation during cryoballoon ablation using the novel Achieve inner lumen mapping catheter: A feasibility study

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 962-967

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a,b   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Namdar, Mehdi ^a   Westra, Sjoerd ^b   Kuniss, Malte ^c   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Ricciardi, Danilo ^a   Casado Arroyo, Ruben ^a   Rodriguez Manero, Moises ^a   Rao, Jayakeerthi Y ^a   Smeets, Joep ^b   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achieve catheter; Atrial fibrillation ablation; Cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVE INNER LUMEN MAPPING CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECORDING;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862993314     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus041     Document Type: Article

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