Microwave ablation of permanent atrial fibrillation during isolated bypass grafting and isolated mitral valve surgery

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-95

  Knaut, Michael ^a,c   Brose, Stefan ^a   Tugtekin, Sems Make ^a   Kappert, Utz ^a   Jung, Friedrich ^b   Matschke, Klaus ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Heart and Circulation Research   (Germany)

^c University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PHENPROCOUMON; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MITRAL VALVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SINUS RHYTHM; AGE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247347824     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20061192     Document Type: Article

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