Management of Recurrent Atrial Arrhythmias After Minimally Invasive Surgical Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Ganglionic Plexi Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-451

  Kron, Jordana ^a   Kasirajan, Vigneshwar ^a   Wood, Mark A ^a   Kowalski, Marcin ^a   Han, Frederick T ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Surgical ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77949490413     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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