Therapeutic strategy for atrial fibrillation by minimally invasive surgery using athoracoscopic mini maze procedure

Therapeutic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1129-1132

  Matsutan, Noriyuki ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^a   Ozeki, Yuichi ^a   Maehara, Tadaaki ^a   Lee, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MINI MAZE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 69549129643     PISSN: 02898020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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