Safety and efficacy of second-generation versus first-generation cryoballoons for treatment of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of current evidence

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-56

  Pandya, Bhavi ^a   Sheikh, Azfar ^a   Spagnola, Jonathan ^a   Bekheit, Soad ^a   Lafferty, James ^a   Kowalski, Marcin ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Cryoballoons; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ACCESS SITE COMPLICATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FISTULA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957439870     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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