Early morphologic changes following microwave endocardial ablation for treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1277-1283

  Climent, Vicente ^a   Hurlé, Aquilino ^b   Ho, Siew Yen ^c,d   Sáenz Santamaría, Javier ^a   Nogales, Agustín G ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial myocardium; Microwave ablation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ENERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10044282964     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.04332.x     Document Type: Article

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