Pulmonary vein isolation using the first-generation cryoballoon technique in Chinese patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1073-1081

  Zhou, Gong Bu ^a   Guo, Xiao Gang ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Yang, Jian Du ^a   Sun, Qi ^a   Ma, Jian ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; balloon temperature; cryoballoon ablation; pulmonary vein potential; real time recording

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON TEMPERATURE; CHINESE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDING CATHETER; HEART ARREST; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHINA; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940795406     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12675     Document Type: Article

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