Regular atrial tachycardias following pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a retrospective comparison between the cryoballoon and conventional focal tip radiofrequency techniques

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-169

  Juliá, Justo ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   de Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Mugnai, Giacomo ^a   Sieira, Juan ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Di Giovanni, Giacomo ^a   Conte, Giulio ^a   Baltogiannis, Giannis ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Wauters, Kristel ^a   Irfan, Ghazala ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Cryoballoon; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; FOCAL TIP RADIOFREQUENCY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925543216     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-014-9961-4     Document Type: Article

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