Cryothermal vs. radiofrequency ablation as atrial flutter therapy: A randomized comparison

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-428

  Bastani, Hamid ^a   Drca, Nikola ^a   Insulander, Per ^a   Schwieler, Jonas ^a   Braunschweig, Frieder ^a   Kennebäck, Göran ^a   Sadigh, Bita ^a   Tapanainen, Jari ^a   Jensen Urstad, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Cryoablation; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874402442     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus261     Document Type: Article

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