The effect of ablation technology on surgical outcomes after the Cox-maze procedure: A propensity analysis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-396

  Lall, Shelly C ^a   Melby, Spencer J ^a   Voeller, Rochus K ^a   Zierer, Andreas ^a   Bailey, Marci S ^a   Guthrie, Tracey J ^a   Moon, Marc R ^a   Moazami, Nader ^a   Lawton, Jennifer S ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846392244     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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