The closed heart MAZE: A nonbypass surgical technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1696-1702

  Lee, Richard ^a   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Johnson, David C ^a   Boineau, John P ^a   Cox, James L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032996711     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00268-4     Document Type: Article

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