German ablation registry: Cryoballoon vs radiofrequency ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - One-year outcome data

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 836-844

  Schmidt, Martin ^a   Dorwarth, Uwe ^a   Andresen, Dietrich ^b   Brachmann, Johannes ^c   Kuck, Karlheinz ^d   Kuniss, Malte ^e   Willems, Stephan ^f   Deneke, Thomas ^g   Tebbenjohanns, Jürgen ^h   Gerds Li, Jin Hong ⁱ   Spitzer, Stefan ^j   Senges, Jochen ^k   Hochadel, Matthias ^k   Hoffmann, Ellen ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^g Department of Cardiology   (Germany)

^h HELIOS Klinikum Hildesheim   (Germany)

ⁱ DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^k IHF   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation ablation; Cryoballoon; Efficacy; Radiofrequency ablation; Registry; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON;

ABLATION CATHETER; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REGISTER; SINUS RHYTHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964659806     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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