Right Isthmus Ablation Reduces Supraventricular Arrhythmias After Surgery for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Onorati, Francesco ^a   Esposito, Antonio ^a   Messina, Gaetana ^a   di Virgilio, Antonio ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 37349008965     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.056     Document Type: Article

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