Ablation of atrial fibrillation with the Epicor system: A prospective observational trial to evaluate safety and efficacy and predictors of success

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Schopka, Simon ^a   Schmid, Christof ^a   Keyser, Andreas ^a   Kortner, Ariane ^a   Tafelmeier, Julia ^a   Diez, Claudius ^a   Rupprecht, Leopold ^a   Hilker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951791153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-34     Document Type: Article

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