Impact of preoperative 64-slice CT scanning on mini-maze atrial fibrillation surgery

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Meyer, Cristopher A ^a,b   Hall, Joseph E ^a   Mehall, John R ^a   Wolf, Randall K ^a   Schneeberger, E William ^a   Vagal, Achala S ^a   Strunk, Rhonda S ^a   Hahn, Harvey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Preoperative evaluation; Sixty four slice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 35048828852     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181581f62     Document Type: Article

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