Ice vs. fire: cryoballoon ablation for the prevention of inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in a 14-year-old girl with Brugada syndrome

Europace. 2013 Dec;15(12):1804. doi: 10.1093/europace/eut095. Epub 2013 Apr 18.

Authors

Giulio Conte¹, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Moises Levinstein, Pedro Brugada

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, UZ Brussel-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 23599168
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut095

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Brugada Syndrome / complications
Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis
Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology
Brugada Syndrome / therapy*
Catheter Ablation*
Cryosurgery*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electric Countershock / adverse effects
Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
Electrocardiography
Equipment Failure
Female
Humans
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents