Left atrial size reduction improves the sinus rhythm conversion rate after radiofrequency ablation for continuous atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Scherer, Mirela ^a   Therapidis, P ^a   Miskovic, A ^a   Moritz, A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial size reduction; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE REDUCTION; HEART SIZE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32544433160     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865873     Document Type: Article

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