A prospective multicenter trial of bipolar radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation: Early results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1665-1670

  Mokadam, Nahush A ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^b   Gillinov, A Marc ^b   Ryan, William H ^c   Moon, Marc R ^a   Mack, Michael J ^c   Gaynor, Sydney L ^a   Prasad, Sunil M ^a   Wickline, Samuel A ^a   Bailey, Marci S ^a   Damiano, Nicholas R ^a   Ishii, Yosuke ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19644382919     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.066     Document Type: Article

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