Reduction of procedure duration and radiation exposure with a dedicated inner lumen mapping catheter during pulmonary vein cryoablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Peyrol, Michaël ^a   Sbragia, Pascal ^a   Quatre, Amandine ^a   Orabona, Morgane ^a   Casalta, Anne Claire ^a   Boccara, Gilles ^a   Zerrouk, Zinedine ^b   Guenoun, Maxime ^a   Lévy, Samuel ^a   Paganelli, Franck ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Genéral   (France)

Author keywords

ablation; Atrial fibrillation; circular mapping catheter; cryoablation; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INNER LUMEN MAPPING CATHETER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872196674     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12015     Document Type: Article

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