Surgical treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation during heart valve surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Geidel, Stephan ^a   Lass, Michael ^a   Boczor, Sigrid ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Ostermeyer, Jörg ^a  

^a AK StGeorg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation surgery; Heart valve surgery; Maze surgery; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542504964     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00009-4     Document Type: Review

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