Off-pump epicardial atrial fibrillation surgery utilizing a novel bipolar radiofrequency system

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Vigilance, Deon W ^a   Garrido, Mauricio ^a   Williams, Mathew ^a   Wan, Elaine ^a   Ziedner, Ann ^a   Casher, Jennifer ^a   Kherani, Aftab ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey ^a   Naka, Yoshifumi ^a   Smith, Craig ^a   Oz, Mehmet C ^a   Argenziano, Michael ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ANIMAL; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODEL; HEART SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 33750537654     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20061019     Document Type: Article

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