Second generation of cryoballoons can improve efficiency of cryoablation for atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-135

  Liu, Jun ^a   Kaufmann, Jan ^b   Kriatselis, Charalampos ^b   Fleck, Eckart ^b   Gerds Li, Jin Hong ^b  

^a Center for Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Treatment Fuwai Hospital PUMA and CAMS   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER SHEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920926464     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12538     Document Type: Article

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