Intraoperative saline-irrigated radiofrequency modified Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1301-1306

  Güden, Mustafa ^a   Akpinar, Belhhan ^a   Sanisoǧlu, Ilhan ^a   Saǧbaş, Ertan ^a   Bayindir, Osman ^b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036799971     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03972-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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