Map-guided surgery for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-299

  Nitta, Takashi ^a   Ohmori, Hiroya ^a   Sakamoto, Shun Ichiro ^a   Miyagi, Yasuo ^a   Kanno, Shigeto ^a   Shimizu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 12844265922     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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