One-year clinical success of a 'no-bonus' freeze protocol using the second-generation 28 mm cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1236-1240

  Wissner, Erik ^a   Heeger, Christian Hendrik ^a   Grahn, Hanno ^a   Reissmann, Bruno ^a   Wohlmuth, Peter ^a   Lemes, Christine ^a   Rausch, Peter ^a   Mathew, Shibu ^a   Rillig, Andreas ^a   Deiss, Sebastian ^a   Maurer, Tillman ^a   Lin, Tina ^a   Tilz, Roland Richard ^a   Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Metzner, Andreas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Outcome; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939493165     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv024     Document Type: Article

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