Cryoballoon Versus Open Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
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- 6 October 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 132 (14) , 1311-1319
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.115.016871
Abstract
Background—There is a lack of data regarding the comparative efficacy and procedural safety of open irrigated radiofrequency (RF) and cryoballoon catheter (CB) ablation for pulmonary vein (PV) isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).Keywords
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