Validation of a left atrial lesion pattern for intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1160-1168

  Kress, David C ^a,b   Krum, David ^a   Chekanov, Valeri ^a   Hare, John ^a   Michaud, Nicole ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a  

^a AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Midwest Heart Surgery Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0036203604     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03586-X     Document Type: Article

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