Intraoperative endocardial microwave ablation for treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation during coronary artery bypass surgery: 1-year follow-up

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Knaut, Michael ^a   Tugtekin, Sems Malte ^a   Spitzer, Stefan G ^a   Jung, Friedrich ^b,c   Matschke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b Institute for Heart and Circulation Research   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bypass surgery; Endocardial microwave ablation; Permanent atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MICROWAVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745260674     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj011     Document Type: Article

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