A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 648-650

  Stamou, Sotiris C ^a   Khabbaz, Kamal R ^a   Mahmood, Feroze ^a   Zimetbaum, Peter ^a   Hagberg, Robert C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; VEIN SURGERY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PULMONARY VEINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL STAPLERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549130540     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.085     Document Type: Article

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