Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation using argon-based cryoablation during concomitant cardiac procedures

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Mack, Charles A ^a   Milla, Federico ^a   Ko, Wilson ^a   Girardi, Leonard N ^a   Lee, Leonard Y ^a   Tortolani, Anthony J ^a   Mascitelli, Justin ^a   Krieger, Karl H ^a   Isom, O Wayne ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ARGON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOABLATION; CRYOABLATIVE DEVICE; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM DIAMETER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERMANENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; ARGON; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644489084     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.524363     Document Type: Article

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