Procedural characteristics of pulmonary vein isolation using the novel third-generation cryoballoon

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1795-1800

  Fürnkranz, Alexander ^a   Bologna, Fabrizio ^a   Bordignon, Stefano ^a   Perrotta, Laura ^a   Dugo, Daniela ^a   Schmidt, Boris ^a   Chun, Julian K R ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; DYSPNEA; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPPING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VASCULAR GUIDE WIRE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; FACTUAL DATABASE; FLUOROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015731289     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw012     Document Type: Article

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