Choice of Surgical Lesion Set: Answers From the Data

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1786-1792

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; COX MAZE III PROCEDURE; DATA BASE; DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 35348907245     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.040     Document Type: Review

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