Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation using radiofrequency energy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1939-1944

  Williams, Mathew R ^a   Stewart, James R ^b   Bolling, Steven F ^b   Freeman, Sarah ^b   Anderson, James T ^b   Argenziano, Michael ^b   Smith, Craig R ^b   Oz, Mehmet C ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b P and S 17 401 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034984565     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02594-2     Document Type: Article

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