Abstract
The present review will discuss the technical aspects of a new patent invented in 1999 which allows cryoballoon ablation, an emerging technology used for the non pharmacological midterm outcome. Finally future directions of the technology and its possible implementation will be briefly treated. © 2010 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 177-183 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Recent Pat Cardiovasc Drug Discov |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cryoballoon ablation
- Radiofrequency ablation
- article
- balloon catheter
- cryoablation
- fluoroscopy
- atrial fibrillation
- outcome assessment
- priority journal
- pulmonary vein
- radiofrequency ablation
- procedures