Preliminary results with the microwave-modified Maze III procedure for the treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1644-1646

  Hurlé, Aquilino ^a   Ibáñez, Alicia ^a   Parra, José M ^a   Martínez, Juan G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE MODIFIED MAZE III PROCEDURE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 11144292077     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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