New Ablation Techniques for Atrial Fibrillation and the Minimally Invasive Cryo-Maze Procedure in Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Moten, Simon C M ^a   Rodriguez, Evelio ^b   Cook, Richard C ^c   Nifong, L Wiley ^b   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^b  

^a EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cryotherapy; Maze; Minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34547739472     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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