Verification of pulmonary vein isolation during single transseptal cryoballoon ablation: A comparison between the classical circular mapping catheter and the inner lumen mapping catheter

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1708-1714

  Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Namdar, Mehdi ^a   Sarkozy, Andrea ^a   Sorgente, Antonio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Casado Arroyo, Rubén ^a   Capulzini, Lucio ^a   Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Rodriguez Mañero, Moisés ^a   Ricciardi, Danilo ^a   Rao, Jayakeerthi Y ^a   Overeinder, Ingrid ^a   Paparella, Gaetano ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCULAR MAPPING CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; INNER LUMEN MAPPING CATHETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870186619     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus189     Document Type: Article

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