One-year clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation using the second-generation 28-mm cryoballoon

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 288-292

  Metzner, Andreas ^a   Reissmann, Bruno ^a   Rausch, Peter ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Tilz, Roland ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Lemes, Christine ^a   Deiss, Sebastian ^a   Heeger, Christian ^a   Kamioka, Masashi ^a   Lin, Tina ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Wissner, Erik ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology AsklepiosKlinik St Georg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Follow up studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ABLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900452110     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001473     Document Type: Article

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