Is cryoballoon ablation preferable to radiofrequency ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation by pulmonary vein isolation? a meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Junxia ^a,b   Huang, Yingqun ^b   Cai, Hongbin ^b   Qi, Yue ^c   Jia, Nan ^d   Shen, Weifeng ^e   Lin, Jinxiu ^b   Peng, Feng ^b   Niu, Wenquan ^e,f  

^a FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d the Fourth Hospital   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^f DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRYOSURGERY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896511007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090323     Document Type: Article

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