Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement combined with radiofrequency-modified maze procedure

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-166

  Kolakowski Jr , Stephen ^a   Woo, Y Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAZE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 16244407424     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200405.x     Document Type: Article

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