Rationale and design of the FreezeAF trial: A randomized controlled noninferiority trial comparing isolation of the pulmonary veins with the cryoballoon catheter versus open irrigated radiofrequency ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
- 30 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Heart Journal
- Vol. 159 (4) , 555-560.e1
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2010.01.008
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