Innovative monolateral approach for closed-chest atrial fibrillation surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Bisleri, Gianluigi ^a,b   Muneretto, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 26844436867     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.06.046     Document Type: Article

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