Single transseptal big cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation using an inner lumen mapping catheter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1304-1311

  Chun, Kr Julian ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Urban, Verena ^a   Kulikoglu, Mehmet ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CIRCUMFERENTIAL MAPPING CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868664951     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03475.x     Document Type: Article

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