Pulmonary vein isolation as index procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation: One-year clinical outcome after ablation using the second-generation cryoballoon

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-66

  Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Ottaviano, Luca ^b   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Baltogiannis, Giannis ^a   Conte, Giulio ^a   Sieira, Juan ^a   Di Giovanni, Giacomo ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Irfan, Ghazala ^a   Mugnai, Giacomo ^a   Storti, Cesare ^c   Montenero, Annibale Sandro ^b   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c Electrophisiology and Cardiac Pacing Unit Istituto di Cura Città di Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoballoon ablation; One year follow up; Persistent atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; Second generation cryoballoon

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; PULMONARY VEIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920649364     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.063     Document Type: Article

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