Intraoperative verification of conduction block in atrial fibrillation surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 998-1004

  Ishii, Yosuke ^a   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Kambe, Masaru ^a   Kurita, Jiro ^a   Ochi, Masami ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Shimizu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049149715     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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