Epicardial High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Cardiac Ablation for Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-31

  Mitnovetski, Sergei ^a   Almeida, Aubrey A ^a   Goldstein, Jacob ^a   Pick, Adrian W ^a   Smith, Julian A ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Epicardial ablation; High intensity focused ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND CARDIAC ABLATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SURGERY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ABLATION TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 58949083675     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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