Guidelines for Reporting Data and Outcomes for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1225-1230

  Shemin, Richard J ^a   Cox, James L ^b   Gillinov, A Marc ^c   Blackstone, Eugene H ^c   Bridges, Charles R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CATHETERIZATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847342097     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.094     Document Type: Article

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