Left atrial radiofrequency compartmentalization for chronic atrial fibrillation during heart surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-159

  Ruchat, Patrick ^a   Schlaepfer, J ^a   Delabays, A ^a   Hurni, M ^a   Milne, J ^a   Von Segesser, L K ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Heart surgery; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0036314256     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32411     Document Type: Article

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