Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation in 2017: What Have We Learned?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 950-959

  Shakkottai, Padmanabhan ^a   Sy, Raymond W ^a,b   McGuire, Mark A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryoballoon; Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOBALLOON ABLATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAPPING CATHETER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TIME; CRYOSURGERY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021186797     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.05.115     Document Type: Review

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