Rationale and design of fire and ice: A multicenter randomized trial comparing efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation using a cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation with 3d-reconstruction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1314-1320

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Brugada, Josep ^b   Albenque, Jean Paul ^c   Tondo, Claudio ^d   Bestehorn, Kurt ^e   Wegscheider, Karl ^f   Ouyang, Feifan ^g   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^g  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e IKKF GmbH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon; electrophysiology; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MAPPING CATHETER; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926385045     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12529     Document Type: Article

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