Evaluation of bilateral pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: Value of postoperative electrophysiological study;Avaliação da eficácia do isolamento bilateral das veias pulmonares no tratamento da fibrilhação auricular: Importância do estudo electrofisiológico pós-operatório

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1281-1293

  Adragão, Pedro ^a   Queirós e Melo, João ^a   Aguiar, Carlos ^a   Teles, Rui ^a   Cavaco, Diogo ^a   Neves, José ^a   Abecasis, Miguel ^a   Ribeiras, Regina ^a   Bonhorst, Daniel ^a   Seabra Gomes, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATED ORGAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; THERMORECEPTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0036869254     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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