Contact-force guided radiofrequency vs. second-generation balloon cryotherapy for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - A prospective evaluation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-231

  Jourda, Francois ^a   Providencia, Rui ^a   Marijon, Eloi ^b   Bouzeman, Abdeslam ^a   Hireche, Hassiba ^a   Khoueiry, Ziad ^a   Cardin, Christelle ^a   Combes, Nicolas ^a   Combes, Stephane ^a   Boveda, Serge ^a   Albenque, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Contact force; Cryoablation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTACT FORCE GUIDED RADIOFREQUENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SECOND GENERATION BALLOON CRYOTHERAPY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT PHRENIC NERVE PALSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAYS;

EID: 84922453089     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu215     Document Type: Article

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