Cryoballoon versus radiofrequency catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 483-489

  Wasserlauf, Jeremiah ^a   Pelchovitz, Daniel J ^a   Rhyner, John ^a   Verma, Nishant ^a   Bohn, Martha ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Arora, Rishi ^a   Chicos, Alexandru B ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Kim, Susan S ^a   Lin, Albert C ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Passman, Rod S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon ablation; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84926165574     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12582     Document Type: Article

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