Acute procedural and cryoballoon characteristics from cryoablation of atrial fibrillation using the first- and second-generation cryoballoon: a retrospective comparative study with follow-up outcomes

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-186

  Aryana, Arash ^a,b   Morkoch, Shemsa ^a   Bailey, Sean ^b   Lim, Hae W ^c   Sara, Rahmani ^c   d’Avila, André ^d   O’Neill, P Gearoid ^a,b  

^a Regional Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^b Mercy General Hospital   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d Hospital Cardiologico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon; Outcome

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FIRST GENERATION CRYOBALLOON; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; GUIDING CATHETER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND GENERATION CRYOBALLOON; TEMPERATURE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84909988616     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-014-9942-7     Document Type: Article

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