Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation using the epicardial radiofrequency approach: Mid-term results and risk analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1050-1057

  Benussi, Stefano ^a   Nascimbene, Simona ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^a   Calori, Giliola ^a   Calvi, Simone ^a   Caldarola, Alessandro ^a   Oppizzi, Michele ^a   Casati, Valter ^a   Pappone, Carlo ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036799758     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03850-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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