Is Cryoballoon Ablation Preferable to Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Pulmonary Vein Isolation? A Meta-Analysis

Junxia Xu; Yingqun Huang; Hongbin Cai; Yue Qi; Nan Jia; Weifeng Shen; Jinxiu Lin; Feng Peng; Wenquan Niu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090323

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Is Cryoballoon Ablation Preferable to Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Pulmonary Vein Isolation? A Meta-Analysis

Junxia Xu ,

* E-mail: fengpengfuzhou@yeah.net (FP); xujunxia1970@aliyun.com (JX); niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN)

Affiliations Department of Geratology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, PLA, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Department of Geratology, Fozhou General Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Yingqun Huang,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Hongbin Cai,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Yue Qi,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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Nan Jia,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Weifeng Shen,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Jinxiu Lin,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Feng Peng ,

* E-mail: fengpengfuzhou@yeah.net (FP); xujunxia1970@aliyun.com (JX); niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Wenquan Niu

* E-mail: fengpengfuzhou@yeah.net (FP); xujunxia1970@aliyun.com (JX); niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN)

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Is Cryoballoon Ablation Preferable to Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Pulmonary Vein Isolation? A Meta-Analysis

Junxia Xu,
Yingqun Huang,
Hongbin Cai,
Yue Qi,
Nan Jia,
Weifeng Shen,
Jinxiu Lin,
Feng Peng,
Wenquan Niu

Published: February 28, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090323

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