Surgical treatment of therapy resistant atrial fibrillation;Die chirurgische behandlung des therapierefraktären vorhofflimmerns

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 712-720

  Doll, Nicolas ^a   Fabricius, A M ^a   Gummert, J F ^a   Krakor, R ^a   Hindricks, G ^a   Kottkamp, H ^a   Mohr, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSURGERY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141762317     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0953-0     Document Type: Review

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