Surgery for atrial fibrillation: Are we heading in the right direction?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 949-951

  Melo, Joao Q ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STERNOTOMY; STROKE; THORACOSCOPY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33646171097     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.12.027     Document Type: Editorial

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