Treating Atrial Fibrillation: Pulmonary Vein Isolation with the Cryoballoon Technique

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 427-432

  Jackson, Nick ^a   Barlow, Malcolm ^a   Leitch, James ^a   Attia, John ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon ablation; Phrenic nerve palsy; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STOMACH PARESIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863830064     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.03.123     Document Type: Article

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