Warm Beating Heart, Robotic Endoscopic Cox-Cryomaze: An Approach for Treating Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 966-968

  Cheema, Faisal H ^a   Weisberg, Jeffrey S ^b   Khalid, Imran ^a   Roberts Jr , Harold G ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CRYOABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART BEAT; HEART BLOCK; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEPARINIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG VENTILATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPIC COX CRYOMAZE; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM BEATING HEART;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 60449120176     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.045     Document Type: Article

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