Surgery for atrial fibrillation

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 505-513

  Lee, Richard ^a   Kruse, Jane ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 70350447476     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2009.106     Document Type: Article

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