Combined Atrial Septal Defect Surgical Closure and Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation in Adult Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1327-1331

  Giamberti, Alessandro ^a   Chessa, Massimo ^a   Foresti, Sara ^a   Abella, Raul ^a   Butera, Gianfranco ^a   de Vincentiis, Carlo ^a   Carminati, Mario ^a   Menicanti, Lorenzo ^a   Frigiola, Alessandro ^a  

^a E Malan Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 33748751694     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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