Electrosurgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with a new intraoperative radiofrequency ablation catheter

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Supplement

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 370-372

  Melo, J ^a,b   Adragao P R ^a   Neves, J ^a   Ferreira, M ^a   Rebocho, M ^a   Teles, R ^a   Morgado, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^b Instituto do Coracao   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation surgery; Bilateral pulmonary vein isolation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROSURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033378567     PISSN: 09464778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013202     Document Type: Article

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