Surgery for atrial fibrillation with radiofrequency ablation: Four years experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Martìn Suàrez, Sofìa ^a   Claysset, Barbara ^a   Botta, Luca ^a   Ferlito, Marinella ^a   Pacini, Davide ^a   Savini, Carlo ^a   Marinelli, Giuseppe ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846989460     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.136663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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