Point-by-Point Radiofrequency Ablation Versus the Cryoballoon or a Novel Combined Approach: A Randomized Trial Comparing 3 Methods of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (The Cryo Versus RF Trial)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1307-1314

  Hunter, Ross J ^a   Baker, Victoria ^a   Finlay, Malcolm C ^a   Duncan, Edward R ^a   Lovell, Matthew J ^a   Tayebjee, Muzahir H ^a   Ullah, Waqas ^a   Siddiqui, M Shoaib ^a   McLEAN, Ailsa ^a   Richmond, Laura ^a   Kirkby, Claire ^a   Ginks, Matthew R ^a   Dhinoja, Mehul ^a   Sporton, Simon ^a   Earley, Mark J ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; cryoballoon; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; THROMBIN;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; DISEASE DURATION; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL PSEUDOANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953871824     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12846     Document Type: Article

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