Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: The Columbia Presbyterian experience

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-448

  Topkara, Veli K ^a,b   Williams, Mathew R ^a   Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Vigilance, Deon W ^a   Garrido, Mauricio J ^a   Russo, Mark J ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Argenziano, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b Milstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NEW YORK; PULMONARY VEINS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748298989     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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