Combining robotic mitral valve repair and microwave atrial fibrillation ablation: Techniques and initial results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 480-484

  Reade, Clifton C ^a   Johnson, James O ^a   Bolotin, Gil ^a   Freund Jr , William L ^a   Jenkins, Nelson L ^a   Bower, Curtis E ^a   Masroor, Saqib ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION; AUTOMATION; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ROBOTICS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944430577     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.078     Document Type: Article

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