Surgical ablation as treatment for the elimination of atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1029-1035

  Barnett, Scott D ^a   Ad, Niv ^a  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646181242     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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