Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery: A consensus statement of the international society of minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery (ISMICS) 2009

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-83

  Ad, Niv ^a   Cheng, Davy C H ^b   Martin, Janet ^b,c   Berglin, Eva E ^d   Chang, Byung Chul ^e   Doukas, George ^f   Gammie, James S ^g   Nitta, Takashi ^h   Wolf, Randall K ⁱ   Puskas, John D ^j  

^a INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA BALLOON; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MEDIASTINITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77951014171     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181d72939     Document Type: Review

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