Improved 1-year clinical success rate of pulmonary vein isolation with the second-generation cryoballoon in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 840-844

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Dugo, Daniela ^a   Perotta, Laura ^a   Gunawardene, Melanie ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a  

^a AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon; phrenic nerve palsy; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905859071     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12417     Document Type: Article

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