Endocardial radiofrequency ablation during mitral valve surgery: Effect on cardiac rhythm, atrial size, and function

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1505-1511

  Fayad, Georges ^a   Le Tourneau, Thierry ^b   Modine, Thomas ^b   Azzaoui, Richard ^b   Ennezat, Pierre Vladimir ^b   Decoene, Christophe ^b   Deklunder, Ghislaine ^b   Warembourg, Henri ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 18244396909     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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