Second-generation cryoballoon ablation in the setting of lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Single procedural outcome at 12 months

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 677-682

  De Regibus, Valentina ^a   Mugnai, Giacomo ^a   Moran, Darragh ^a   Hünük, Burak ^a   Ströker, Erwin ^a   Hacioglu, Ebru ^a   Ruggiero, Diego ^a   Coutiño Moreno, Hugo Enrique ^a   Takarada, Ken ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ablation; cryoballoon; lone atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation; recurrence

Indexed keywords

ABLATION DEVICE; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONE PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SECOND GENERATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETER; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971657473     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12973     Document Type: Article

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