First robotic endoscopic epicardial isolation of the pulmonary veins with microwave energy in a patient in chronic atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Loulmet, Didier F ^a   Patel, Nirav C ^a   Patel, Nilesh U ^a   Frumkin, William I ^a   Santoni Rugiu, Francesco ^a   Langan, Marie Noelle ^a   Subramanian, Valavanur A ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIATHERMY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; ROBOTICS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3242757374     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.076     Document Type: Article

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