Long-term results of irrigated radiofrequency modified maze procedure in 200 patients with concomitant cardiac surgery: Six years experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 512-517

  Sie, Hauw T ^a   Beukema, Willem P ^a   Elvan, Arif ^a   Ramdat Misier, Anand R ^a  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0442308040     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01466-8     Document Type: Article

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