Video-assisted bilateral pulmonary vein isolation and left atrial appendage exclusion for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 797-802

  Wolf, Randall K ^a   Schneeberger, E William ^a   Osterday, Robert ^a   Miller, Doug ^a   Merrill, Walter ^a   Flege Jr , John B ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBESITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; STAPLER; STERNOTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 23844524023     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.03.041     Document Type: Article

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