Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Grubitzsch, Herko ^a   Dushe, Simon ^a   Beholz, Sven ^a   Dohmen, Pascal M ^a   Konertz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; concomitant ablation; rhythm control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINOATRIAL NODE; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548453556     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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