Incidence and Predictors of Complications During Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Guhl, Emily N ^a   Siddoway, Donald ^a   Adelstein, Evan ^a   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Mendenhall, George S ^a   Nemec, Jan ^a   Saba, Samir ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a   Voigt, Andrew ^a   Wang, Norman C ^a   Jain, Sandeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complications

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHA2DS2-VASC SCORE; CRYOABLATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY VEIN; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 85016515932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003724     Document Type: Article

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