Intraoperative treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation with ultrasound

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Guffi, M ^a,c   Brick, A Visconti ^b   Seixas, T ^c   Portilho, C ^b   Peres, A Klier ^b   Vieira Jr , J J ^b   De Melo Neto, R ^b   De Melo Araujo J ^b  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital das Forcas Armadas Brasilia   (Brazil)

^c Cardioclínica ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial compartmentalization; Atrial fibrillation; Mitral valve, surgery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; TIME;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 19844362577     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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