Surgery ablation of bypass fibrillation with epicardial and endocardial biauricular radiofrequency: Initial experience

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-244

  Sos, Fernando Hornero ^a   Montero Argudo, José A ^a   Gil Albarova, Óscar ^a   García Fuster, Rafael ^a   Atienza Fernández, Felipe ^a   Serrano, Rafael Paya ^a   Pérez Bosca, José Leandro ^a   Quesada Dorador, Aurelio ^a   Cánovas López, Sergio ^a   Dalmau Sorli, MaríJosé ^a   Bueno Codoñer, María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Radiofrequency; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036490897     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(02)76591-3     Document Type: Article

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