Minimally invasive off-pump video-assisted endoscopic surgical pulmonary vein isolation using bipolar radiofrequency ablation - Preliminary report

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-374

  Suwalski, Piotr ^a   Suwalski, Grzegorz ^a   Wilimski, Radosław ^a   Kochanowski, Janusz ^a   Scisło, Piotr ^a   Gaca, Hanna ^a   Popiel, Zbigniew ^a   Śledź, Mariusz ^a   Smolarska Świtaj, Julita ^a   Suwalski, Kazimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Lone atrial fibrillation; Minimally invasive; Off pump; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OFF PUMP SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34250790759     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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