Pulmonary vein isolation using a second-generation cryoballoon catheter: A randomized comparison of ablation duration and method of deflation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 692-698

  Andrade, Jason G ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Landry, Evelyn ^a   Coulombe, Nicolas ^b   Leduc, Hugues ^a   Rivard, Léna ^a   MacLe, Laurent ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Roy, Denis ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Medtronic CryoCath   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

2 MINUTE CRYOAPPLICATION; 4 MINUTE CRYOAPPLICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BALLOON CATHETER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON CATHETER; CRYOBALLOON DEFLATION; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DOGS; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84878576851     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12114     Document Type: Article

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