Minimally Invasive Surgical Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Preliminary Results of Epicardial Atrial Electrogram Analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1219-1225

  Li, Hui ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Sun, Lingbo ^a   Liu, Xinpeng ^a   Xu, Chunlei ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Meng, Xu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM ANALYSIS; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049106405     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.081     Document Type: Article

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