Videothoracoscopy for isolated atrial fibrillation ablation through bipolar radiofrequency;Cirugía videoasistida para ablación de fibrilación atrial aislada por radiofrecuencia bipolar

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Colafranceschi, Alexandre Siciliano ^a,b   Monteiro, Andrey José De Oliveira ^a,b   Botelho, Eduardo Souza Leal ^a,b   Canale, Leonardo Secchin ^a   Rabischoffsky, Arnaldo ^b   Costa, Ieda Prata ^a,b   Cruz Filho, Fernando Eugênio Dos Santos ^b   Sá, Roberto Luiz Menssing Da Silva ^a,b   Boechat, Ana Luiza ^b   Dallan, Luis Alberto Oliveira ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Video assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PROPAFENONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449088713     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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