Results of a minimally invasive surgical pulmonary vein isolation and ganglionic plexi ablation for atrial fibrillation: Single-center experience with 12-month follow-up

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-377

  Han, Frederick T ^a   Kasirajan, Vigneshwar ^a   Kowalski, Marcin ^a   Kiser, Robert ^a   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Kalahasty, Gautham ^a   Shepard, Richard K ^a   Wood, Mark A ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical College of Virginia   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac monitoring; Catheter ablation; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DOFETILIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIONIC PLEXI ABLATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGEON; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349279181     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.854828     Document Type: Article

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