Video assisted thoracoscopic and cardioscopic radiofrequency maze ablation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 334-337

  Inoue, Yoshito ^a,d   Yozu, Ryohei ^a   Mitsumaru, Atsuhiro ^a   Ueda, Toshihiko ^a   Hiraki, Osao ^b   Sano, Yoshiko ^c   Kawada, Shiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

RADIOFREQUENCY LINEAR ABLATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY SYSTEM (VATS);

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SWINE; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0342894706     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199743040-00013     Document Type: Article

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