Cryotherapy of cardiac arrhythmia: From basic science to the bedside

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2195-2203

  Avitall, Boaz ^a   Kalinski, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cryoablation; Cryoballoon; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ABLATION CATHETER; BLOOD VESSEL; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRYOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS; FREEZING; HEALING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84939505914     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.034     Document Type: Article

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