Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation with bipolar radiofrequency ablation: Mid-term results in one hundred consecutive patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 705-710

  Melby, S J ^a   Kaiser, S P ^a   Bailey, M S ^a   Zierer, A ^a   Voeller, R K ^a   Lall, S C ^a   Munfakh, N ^a   Moon, M R ^a   Damiano Jr , R J ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgical procedures; Heart atria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX MAZE PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REOPERATION; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846474194     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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