Left atrial radiofrequency ablation during mitral valve surgery for continuous atrial fibrillation: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2323-2329

  Doukas, George ^a,b   Samani, Nilesh J ^a,b   Alexiou, Christos ^a   Oc, Mehmet ^a   Chin, Derek T ^a   Stafford, Peter G ^a   Ng, Leong L ^b   Spyt, Tomasz J ^a,b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 27744434527     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.18.2323     Document Type: Article

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