Individualized cryoballoon energy pulmonary vein isolation guided by real-time pulmonary vein recordings, the randomized ICE-T trial

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 495-500

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

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Cryoballoon; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOMARKERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEINS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85015789889     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.12.014     Document Type: Article

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