Efficacy of Three Different Ablative Procedures to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: A Randomised Trial

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Srivastava, Vivek ^a   Kumar, Susheel ^a   Javali, Satish ^a   Rajesh, T R ^a   Pai, Vasudev ^a   Khandekar, Jayant ^a   Agrawal, Nandkishor ^a   Patwardhan, Anil Madhav ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Biatrial Maze; Left Atrial Maze; Maze; Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 43049163806     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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