High rate of durable pulmonary vein isolation after second-generation cryoballoon ablation: Analysis of repeat procedures

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 725-731

  Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Perrotta, Laura ^a   Dugo, Daniela ^a   Konstantinou, Athanasios ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Schulte Hahn, Britta ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, Kyoung Ryul Julian ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; PV reconduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FIRST GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SECOND GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929241806     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu331     Document Type: Article

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