Superiority of cut-and-sew technique for the Cox maze procedure: Comparison with radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1022-1027

  Stulak, John M ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   McGregor, Christopher G A ^a   Zehr, Kenton J ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947265233     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.115     Document Type: Article

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