Ultrasonic Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation During Concomitant Cardiac Surgery: Long-Term Clinical Outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1978-1983

  Groh, Mark A ^a   Binns, Oliver A ^a   Burton III, Harry G ^a   Ely, Stephen W ^a   Johnson, Alan M ^a  

^a St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PACEMAKER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 36249013233     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.081     Document Type: Article

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