Combined off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery and ablative therapy for atrial fibrillation: Early and mid-term results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1332-1337

  Akpinar, Belhhan ^a   Sanisoglu, Ilhan ^a   Guden, Mustafa ^a   Sagbas, Ertan ^a   Caynak, Baris ^a   Bayramoglu, Zehra ^a  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645352219     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.074     Document Type: Article

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