A prospective randomized single-center study on the risk of asymptomatic cerebral lesions comparing irrigated radiofrequency current ablation with the cryoballoon and the laser balloon

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 869-874

  Schmidt, Boris ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Krieg, Detlef ^b   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Kulikoglu, Mehmet ^a   Herrmann, Wilfried ^b   Chun, K R Julian ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon; laser; microemboli; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BALLOON; BRAIN DAMAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOBALLOON; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LASER BALLOON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; LASER; MICROEMBOLI; STROKE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DISEASES; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880623244     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12151     Document Type: Article

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