Where does atrial fibrillation surgery fail? Implications for increasing effectiveness of ablation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 860-867

  McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Kruse, Jane ^a   Shalli, Shanaz ^a   Ilkhanoff, Leonard ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Arora, Rishi ^a   Lee, Richard ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 77949473529     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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