Microwave surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation during off-pump coronary artery surgery using total arterial-Y-grafts: An early experience

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-450

  Balasubramanian, Sendhil K ^a   Theologou, Thomas ^a   Birdi, Inderpaul ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Microwave surgical ablation; Off pump coronary artery revascularisation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONOTHERAPY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 34548380439     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.146688     Document Type: Article

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