Atrial fibrillation: FIRE or ICE? Cryoablation not inferior, not superior

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 572-574

  Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

BRONCHUS INJURY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEAT PROCEDURE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 84987893000     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.141     Document Type: Short Survey

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