Robotically-assisted left atrial fibrillation ablation and mitral valve repair through a right mini-thoracotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Bolotin, Gil ^a   Kypson, Alan P ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PULMONARY VEINS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 4644256358     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.093     Document Type: Article

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