Anatomical predictors for acute and mid-term success of cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation using the 28 mm balloon

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-138

  Knecht, Sven ^a   Kühne, Michael ^a   Altmann, David ^b   Ammann, Peter ^b   Schaer, Beat ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Sticherling, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoablation; cryoballoon; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOBALLOON PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873410979     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12003     Document Type: Article

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