One-year follow-up after single procedure cryoballoon ablation: A comparison between the first and second generation balloon

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 834-839

  Giovanni, Giacomo Di ^a   Wauters, Kristel ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Sieira, Juan ^a   Levinstein, Moises ^a   Conte, Giulio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Baltogiannis, Giannis ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Julia, Justo ^a   Mugnai, Giacomo ^a   Irfan, Ghazala ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

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

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BELGIUM; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905923920     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12409     Document Type: Article

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