Pulmonary vein stenosis after catheter ablation electroporation versus radiofrequency

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 734-738

  Van Driel, Vincent J H M ^a   Neven, Kars G E J ^a,b   Van Wessel, Harry ^a   Du Pré, Bastiaan C ^a   Vink, Aryan ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A F M ^a   Wittkampf, Fred H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Complications; Electroporation; Pulmonary veins; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SIZE; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION DEVICE; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; PORCINE MODEL; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCAR FORMATION; SENESCENCE; VEIN DIAMETER; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT; HEART CATHETER; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; TIME;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROPORATION; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPORATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907882177     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001111     Document Type: Article

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