The time course of exit and entrance block during cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 500-504

  Andrade, Jason ^a,b   Khairy, Paul ^a   Dubuc, Marc ^a   Deyell, Marc W ^b   Roy, Denis ^a   Talajic, Mario ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Guerra, Peter G ^a   Rivard, Léna ^a   Macle, Laurent ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon ablation; Pulmonary vein electrophysiology; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; EXIT CONDUCTION BLOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898869199     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut231     Document Type: Article

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