A left atrial ablation with bipolar irrigated radio-frequency for atrial fibrillation during minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 965-966

  Solinas, Marco ^a   Bevilacqua, Stefano ^a   Karimov, Jamshid H ^a,b   Glauber, Mattia ^a  

^a Heart Hospital   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Minimally invasive; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 77949488843     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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