Cardiac Surgery for Arrhythmias

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-282

  Cox, James L ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Cryosurgery; Dor procedure; Intraoperative mapping; Left atrial isolation; Maze procedure; Mini Maze procedure; Right ventricular disconnection; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORRIDOR PORCEDURE; CRYOSURGERY; DOR PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIAL VENTRICULOTOMY; ENDOCARDIUM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; JATENE PROCEDURE; MAZE PROCEDURE; MITRAL VALVE; MORBIDITY; PURKINJE FIBER; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; RIGHT VENTRICULAR DISCONNECTION PROCEDURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 1342322668     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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