Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using the Visually Guided Laser Balloon A Prospective, Multicenter, and Randomized Comparison to Standard Radiofrequency Ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1350-1360

  Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   Cuoco, Frank ^b   Kutinsky, Ilana ^c   Aryana, Arash ^d   Bahnson, Tristram D ^e   Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^f   Woollett, Ian ^g   Issa, Ziad F ^h   Natale, Andrea ⁱ   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Regional Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute   (United States)

^h Prairie Heart Institute   (United States)

ⁱ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drug; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; paroxysmal

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON; BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUALLY GUIDED LASER BALLOON; VISUALLY GUIDED LASER BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; LEARNING CURVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942512070     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.036     Document Type: Article

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