"Spot" ECGs underestimate atrial fibrillation recurrence after surgical ablation

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Puskas, John D ^a,c   Corvera, Joel S ^a   Neill, Alexis ^b   Kilgo, Patrick ^a   Vassiliades, Thomas ^a   Guyton, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Medical Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Follow up; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 42149155940     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318164aa89     Document Type: Article

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