Atrial Fibrillation Correction Surgery: Lessons From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 909-914

  Gammie, James S ^a   Haddad, Michel ^a   Milford Beland, Sarah ^d   Welke, Karl F ^b   Ferguson Jr , T Bruce ^c   O'Brien, Sean M ^d   Griffith, Bartley P ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149091342     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.097     Document Type: Article

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