Surgery for Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Impact of Patient Factors and Lesion Set

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 502-514

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Bhavani, Sekar ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Rajeswaran, Jeevanantham ^a   Svensson, Lars G ^a   Navia, Jose L ^a   Pettersson, B Gösta ^a   Sabik III, Joseph F ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Shewchik, Jeanne ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746210048     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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