Table 1.
Search strategies.
| Embase | |
| 1 | cryoablation/(4285) |
| 2 | cryoballoon∗.mp. (1009) |
| 3 | cryoballoon∗.mp. (99) |
| 4 | Cryosurgery/(10,075) |
| 5 | cryosurg∗.mp. (11,090) |
| 6 | cryoablat∗.mp. (5709) |
| 7 | or/1-6 (16,355) |
| 8 | radiofrequency ablation/(21,784) |
| 9 | catheter ablation/(25,682) |
| 10 | (radiofrequency∗ adj2 ablat∗).mp. (31,386) |
| 11 | (catheter adj2 ablat∗).mp. (29,066) |
| 12 | (electric adj2 ablat∗).mp. (55) |
| 13 | or/8–12 (49,731) |
| 14 | atrial fibrillation/(12,529) |
| 15 | afib.mp. (668) |
| 16 | auricular fib∗.mp. (1107) |
| 17 | atrial fib∗.mp. (85,496) |
| 18 | or/14-17 (86,631) |
| 19 | 7 and 13 and 18 (966) |
| 20 | remove duplicates from 19 (945) |
| 21 | random∗.mp. (1250,429) |
| 22 | randomized controlled trial/(403,270) |
| 23 | randomization/(70,306) |
| 24 | exp “clinical trial (topic)”/(192,249) |
| 25 | clinical trial∗.mp. (1213,928) |
| 26 | single blind procedure/(22,062) |
| 27 | double blind procedure/(130,675) |
| 28 | ((singl∗ or doubl∗ or tripl∗ or trebl∗) adj3 (blind∗ or mask∗)).mp. (239,618) |
| 29 | experimental trial∗.mp. (2390) |
| 30 | or/21–29 (2054,944) |
| 31 | 20 and 30 (174) |
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| |
| Medline | |
| 1 | Cryoballoon∗.mp. (375) |
| 2 | Cryosurgery/(11,490) |
| 3 | cryosurg∗.mp. (12,315) |
| 4 | cryoballoon∗.mp. (10) |
| 5 | Cryoablation∗.mp. (2508) |
| 6 | or/1–5 (13,174) |
| 7 | Catheter Ablation/(24,682) |
| 8 | (radiofrequency∗ adj2 ablat∗).mp. (13,686) |
| 9 | (electric∗ adj2 ablat∗).mp. (244) |
| 10 | (catheter adj2 ablat∗).mp. (27,099) |
| 11 | or/7–10 (30,238) |
| 12 | Atrial Fibrillation/(40,331) |
| 13 | AFIB.mp. (181) |
| 14 | atrial fib∗.mp. (57,253) |
| 15 | auricular fib∗.mp. (1555) |
| 16 | or/12-15 (57,440) |
| 17 | 6 and 11 and 16 (446) |
| 18 | remove duplicates from 17 (441) |
| 19 | randomized controlled trial/(416,221) |
| 20 | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/(103,492) |
| 21 | Random Allocation/(86,790) |
| 22 | controlled clinical trial/(90,701) |
| 23 | experimental trial∗.mp. (2040) |
| 24 | Single-Blind Method/(21,827) |
| 25 | Double-Blind Method/(135,430) |
| 26 | ((singl∗ or doubl∗ or tripl∗ or trebl∗) adj3 (blind∗ or mask∗)).mp. (196,284) |
| 27 | randomized controlled trial.pt. (416,221) |
| 28 | clinical trial.pt. (500,017) |
| 29 | rct∗.mp. (26,020) |
| 30 | random∗.mp. (1028,478) |
| 31 | exp clinical trial/(737,112) |
| 32 | clinical trial∗.mp. (852,720) |
| 33 | exp Clinical Trials as Topic/(292,379) |
| 34 | or/19–33 (1567,877) |
| 35 | 18 and 34 (73) |