Permanent atrial fibrillation ablation surgery in CABG and aortic valve patients is at least as effective as in mitral valve disease

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-95

  Geidel, Stephan ^a,b   Ostermeyer, J ^a   Lass M ^a   Geisler, M ^a   Kotetishvili, N ^a   Aslan, H ^a   Boczor, S ^a   Kuck, K H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Department of Cardiac Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia surgery; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation surgery; Bipolar radiofrequency ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645102469     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872860     Document Type: Article

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