Current Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the Literature and Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic's Strategy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Bakir, Ihsan ^a   Casselman, Filip P ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a   Geelen, Peter ^a   Wellens, Francis ^a   Degrieck, Ivan ^a   Van Praet, Frank ^a   Vermeulen, Yvette ^a   De Geest, Raphael ^a   Vanermen, Hugo ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; CRYOABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDLINE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROWAVES; RADIO WAVES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33845523673     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.07.038     Document Type: Review

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