The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with microwave ablation: Preliminary experience and results

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Chiappini, Bruno ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a   Marinelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042887345     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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