Quantification of the cryoablation zone demarcated by pre- and postprocedural electroanatomic mapping in patients with atrial fibrillation using the 28-mm second-generation cryoballoon

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-290

  Kenigsberg, David N ^a   Martin, Natalia ^b   Lim, Hae W ^c   Kowalski, Marcin ^d   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^e  

^a Florida Heart Rhythm Specialist   (United States)

^b St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheterablation; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon; Radiofrequencyablation; Wideareacircumferential ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921026966     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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